Patents by Inventor Matt Crider
Matt Crider 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).
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Patent number: 7316799Abstract: A system is provided for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel. The system has a mold opening controller and a receiving device for receiving the containers dropped from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor. The receiving device has a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold. The longitudinal direction of the receiving device is non-horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly
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Publication number: 20050173843Abstract: A system is provided for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel. The system has a mold opening controller and a receiving device for receiving the containers dropped from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor. The receiving device has a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold. The longitudinal direction of the receiving device is non-horizontal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicant: Graham Packaging Co., L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly
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Patent number: 6896507Abstract: A mold is provided for use with a wheel-type blow mold machine, the mold being one of a plurality of molds for locating in a circular pattern on a wheel of the blow-mold machine and having a longitudinal direction for aligning tangentially with a circumferential direction of the mold wheel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The mold has a first part and a second part. The first part has a first molding portion with a longitudinal end in the longitudinal direction of the mold and a first end portion adjoining the first molding portion at the longitudinal end of the first molding portion and having a free edge opposite the first molding portion, the free edge being non-parallel to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction. The first part also has an outer cooling circuit located in the first end portion, and an inner cooling circuit located in the first end portion at a different location in the transverse direction than the outer cooling circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly
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Patent number: 6884383Abstract: A system is provided for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel. The system has a mold opening controller and a receiving device for receiving the containers from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor. The receiving device has a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold. The longitudinal direction of the receiving device is non-horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Graham Packaging Co., L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly
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Publication number: 20040219253Abstract: A system is provided for use with a container molding machine having a mold wheel, the mold wheel having a plurality of molds for molding the containers, each of the molds having an opening direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the mold wheel. The system has a mold opening controller and a receiving device for receiving the containers from the mold wheel and transferring the containers to a container conveyor. The receiving device has a longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the opening direction of the molds and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container when released from the mold. The longitudinal direction of the receiving device is non-horizontal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly
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Publication number: 20040219252Abstract: A mold is provided for use with a wheel-type blow mold machine, the mold being one of a plurality of molds for locating in a circular pattern on a wheel of the blow-mold machine and having a longitudinal direction for aligning tangentially with a circumferential direction of the mold wheel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The mold has a first part and a second part. The first part has a first molding portion with a longitudinal end in the longitudinal direction of the mold and a first end portion adjoining the first molding portion at the longitudinal end of the first molding portion and having a free edge opposite the first molding portion, the free edge being non-parallel to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction. The first part also has an outer cooling circuit located in the first end portion, and an inner cooling circuit located in the first end portion at a different location in the transverse direction than the outer cooling circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly
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Publication number: 20040217522Abstract: A method is provided for forming a parison for use with a blow mold machine for producing blow molded containers. The method includes supplying exclusively a first material from a first extruder to an extrusion head, the first material being for forming a portion of the parison, and supplying a second material from a second extruder to the extrusion head, the second material being for forming a portion of the parison. The method also includes forming the parison in the extrusion head, the parison having a tubular shape with an outer layer of the first material, a middle layer of the second material and an inner layer of the first material. The first material has a lower tendency to adhere to parts of the blow mold machine than does the second material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Matt Crider, Mike Kelly