Patents by Inventor Douglas Joseph Noll

Douglas Joseph Noll 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).

  • Patent number: 6409132
    Abstract: A bracket for coupling a rail having an upper slot and a lower slot to a shelf edge having an upper groove and a lower groove. The bracket comprises a central body portion, an upper flange extending generally upwardly from the body portion, a lower flange extending generally downwardly from the body portion, and a plate. The plate is received between the upper and the lower flanges such that as the plate is moved toward the body, the plate urges the upper flange and the lower flange into the upper and lower groove, respectively, to couple the bracket to the shelf edge. The bracket further comprises a first upper tang extending generally upwardly from the body portion and a first lower tang extending generally downwardly from the body portion, the upper tang and lower tang being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively. At least one of the tangs has at least one tang groove therein to facilitate the attachment of the bracket to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Display Edge Technology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jon Charles Heisler, Andrew Eric Wildman, Samuel Anthony Ferralli, Douglas Joseph Noll
  • Publication number: 20010048057
    Abstract: A bracket for coupling a rail having an upper slot and a lower slot to a shelf edge having an upper groove and a lower groove. The bracket comprises a central body portion, an upper flange extending generally upwardly from the body portion, a lower flange extending generally downwardly from the body portion, and a plate. The plate is received between the upper and the lower flanges such that as the plate is moved toward the body, the plate urges the upper flange and the lower flange into the upper and lower groove, respectively, to couple the bracket to the shelf edge. The bracket further comprises a first upper tang extending generally upwardly from the body portion and a first lower tang extending generally downwardly from the body portion, the upper tang and lower tang being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively. At least one of the tangs has at least one tang groove therein to facilitate the attachment of the bracket to the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: JON CHARLES HEISLER, ANDREW ERIC WILDMAN, SAMUEL ANTHONY FERRALLI, DOUGLAS JOSEPH NOLL
  • Patent number: 6142208
    Abstract: A seal pickup station for supplying a plurality of seals to a position where the seals may be picked up by a gas exchange head. The station comprises a supply roll of seals adhesively attached to a carrier sheet, and a pickup block having a channel through which the seals can be transported on the carrier sheet. The station further includes a sensor to detect the presence of a seal, a take-up reel to collect the carrier sheet, and a pressure roller mounted in the pickup block to maintain tension on the carrier sheet as seals are removed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Eberhardt, Jr., Richard Hugh Van Camp, Douglas Joseph Noll, George Wesley Archiable, III
  • Patent number: 6018932
    Abstract: An apparatus for exchanging a first gas contained in a sealed container for a second gas. The apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber for receiving the container and for maintaining a controlled pressure about the container, a gas exchange head for exchanging gas in the container while maintaining a seal between the container and the chamber, and a vacuum source coupled to the gas exchange head and to the vacuum chamber for evacuating the first gas from the container and air from the chamber. The apparatus further has a gas source for supplying the second gas, the gas source being coupled to the gas exchange head for supplying the second gas to the container, and a sensor for monitoring the pressure in the container during gas exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Eberhardt, Jr., Richard Hugh Van Camp, Douglas Joseph Noll, Mary Carol Meyer, Nigel Graham Mills, George Wesley Archiable, III