Patents by Inventor Carol Shuttleworth

Carol Shuttleworth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060260911
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for conveying products to be wrapped. In one embodiment, a conveying section is located upstream of a product infeed and wrapping mechanism. The conveying section includes rollers for conveying the products. The roller shafts are controlled in three different groups by an electronic controller. In one embodiment the first group comprises slippable rollers, and the two downstream conveying sections include fixed rollers. The fixed rollers are electronically controlled to substantially the same speed, but with slight phase or positional differences therebetween. In another embodiment of the present invention, a conveyor includes a right side drive on the right side of the conveying path, and a left side drive on the left side of the conveying path. The conveyor includes a plurality of roller shafts which have a single driving wheel on one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: SHUTTLEWORTH, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Eckert, Steve Buffmyer, Carol Shuttleworth, Gregory Stroud