Patents by Inventor Donald W. Lillard, Jr.

Donald W. Lillard, Jr. 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).

  • Container for improved beverage identification system and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 8763918
    Abstract: A container for use in a system and method for dispensing a beverage is provided. The system includes a liquid dispensing machine having a dispensing area capable of receiving a container, and a scanner adjacent to the dispensing area for use with the container. The container is capable of being placed in the dispensing area and includes barcode indicia extending around an exterior surface of the container. The scanner can read the barcode indicia when the container is placed in the dispensing area at any rotational orientation relative to the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Insight Beverages, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald W. Lillard, Jr.
  • Container for Improved Beverage Identification System and Method of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20130233914
    Abstract: A container for use in a system and method for dispensing a beverage is provided. The system includes a liquid dispensing machine having a dispensing area capable of receiving a container, and a scanner adjacent to the dispensing area for use with the container. The container is capable of being placed in the dispensing area and includes barcode indicia extending around an exterior surface of the container. The scanner can read the barcode indicia when the container is placed in the dispensing area at any rotational orientation relative to the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: INSIGHT BEVERAGE, INC.
    Inventor: Donald W. Lillard, JR.
  • Beverage identification system and method
    Patent number: 8511348
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage are provided. The system includes a liquid dispensing machine having a dispensing area capable of receiving a container, a scanner adjacent to the dispensing area, a container that is capable of being placed in the dispensing area, and annular barcode indicia extending around an exterior surface of the container and centered around a generally vertical axis of the container. The scanner can read the annular barcode indicia when the container is placed in the dispensing area at any rotational orientation relative to the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Insight Beverages, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald W. Lillard, Jr.
  • Container for Improved Beverage Identification System and Method of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20110278191
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage into a container are provided. The system includes a liquid dispensing machine having a dispensing area capable of receiving a container, and a scanner adjacent to the dispensing area for use with the container. The container is capable of being placed in the dispensing area and includes an annular barcode indicia extending around an exterior surface of the container and centered around a generally vertical axis of the container. The scanner can read the annular barcode indicia when the container is placed in the dispensing area at any rotational orientation relative to the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: INSIGHT BEVERAGE, INC.
    Inventor: Donald W. Lillard, JR.
  • BEVERAGE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090205747
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage are provided. The system includes a liquid dispensing machine having a dispensing area capable of receiving a container, a scanner adjacent to the dispensing area, a container that is capable of being placed in the dispensing area, and annular barcode indicia extending around an exterior surface of the container and centered around a generally vertical axis of the container. The scanner can read the annular barcode indicia when the container is placed in the dispensing area at any rotational orientation relative to the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Insight Beverages, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald W. Lillard, JR.
  • Integrated process for producing crystalline fructose and a high-fructose, liquid-phase sweetener
    Patent number: 5234503
    Abstract: An integrated process is disclosed which produces both crystalline fructose and a liquid-phase sweetener such as High Fructose Corn Syrup from a feed stream comprising dextrose. A portion of the dextrose in the feed stream is isomerized to fructose and the resulting dextrose/fructose stream is fractionated to produce a high fructose stream. A portion of the fructose in the high fructose stream is crystallized out and the mother liquor remaining after crystallization is blended with dextrose-containing streams to produce the liquid-phase sweetener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: A.E. Saley Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Donald W. Lillard, Jr., Robert V. Schanefelt, Daniel K. Tang, Gary A. Day, Francis M. Mallee, Lawrence R. Schwab, Larry W. Peckous
  • Integrated process for producing crystalline fructose and high-fructose, liquid-phase sweetener
    Patent number: 5230742
    Abstract: An integrated process is disclosed which produces both crystalline fructose and a liquid-phase sweetener such as High Fructose Corn Syrup from a feed stream comprising dextrose. A portion of the dextrose in the feed stream is isomerized to fructose and the resulting dextrose/fructose stream is fractionated to produce a high fructose stream. A portion of the fructose in the high fructose stream is crystallized out and the mother liquor remaining after crystallization is blended with dextrose-containing streams to produce the liquid-phase sweetener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Donald W. Lillard, Jr., Robert V. Schanefelt, Daniel K. Tang, Gary A. Day, Francis M. Mallee, Lawrence R. Schwab, Larry W. Peckous