Patents by Inventor Donald Brooks MacKinnon

Donald Brooks MacKinnon 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).

  • Rotary lid feeding for overcapper applications
    Patent number: 11866216
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing lids has at least one magazine lane including an entrance end, an exit end, and a longitudinal length defined therebetween. The at least one magazine lane further includes a plurality of side guides along the longitudinal length for guiding the lids therebetween and a pair of rollers for carrying the lids thereon. The apparatus further has a throat plate at or near the exit end, the throat plate including an opening. At least one of the throat plate, the side guides, or the rollers is adaptable so as to accommodate different sizes and/or shapes of lids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: R.A Jones & Co.
    Inventors: Wade Joseph Burken, Donald Brooks MacKinnon, Daniel Leonard Matthies, Jeffrey David Wintring
  • ROTARY LID FEEDING FOR OVERCAPPER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220081139
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing lids has at least one magazine lane including an entrance end, an exit end, and a longitudinal length defined therebetween. The at least one magazine lane further includes a plurality of side guides along the longitudinal length for guiding the lids therebetween and a pair of rollers for carrying the lids thereon. The apparatus further has a throat plate at or near the exit end, the throat plate including an opening. At least one of the throat plate, the side guides, or the rollers is adaptable so as to accommodate different sizes and/or shapes of lids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Wade Joseph Burken, Donald Brooks MacKinnon, Daniel Leonard Matthies, Jeffrey David Wintring
  • Rotary lid feeding for overcapper applications
    Patent number: 11198526
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing lids has at least one magazine lane including an entrance end, an exit end, and a longitudinal length defined therebetween. The at least one magazine lane further includes a plurality of side guides along the longitudinal length for guiding the lids therebetween and a pair of rollers for carrying the lids thereon. The apparatus further has a throat plate at or near the exit end, the throat plate including an opening. At least one of the throat plate, the side guides, or the rollers is adaptable so as to accommodate different sizes and/or shapes of lids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: R.A Jones & Co.
    Inventors: Wade Joseph Burken, Donald Brooks MacKinnon, Daniel Leonard Matthies, Jeffrey David Wintring
  • ROTARY LID FEEDING FOR OVERCAPPER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180057194
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing lids has at least one magazine lane including an entrance end, an exit end, and a longitudinal length defined therebetween. The at least one magazine lane further includes a plurality of side guides along the longitudinal length for guiding the lids therebetween and a pair of rollers for carrying the lids thereon. The apparatus further has a throat plate at or near the exit end, the throat plate including an opening. At least one of the throat plate, the side guides, or the rollers is adaptable so as to accommodate different sizes and/or shapes of lids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Wade Joseph Burken, Donald Brooks MacKinnon, Daniel Leonard Matthies, Jeffrey David Wintring