Patents by Inventor NICHOLAS D. BIGNEY

NICHOLAS D. BIGNEY 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: 10744542
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes an object intake coupled to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an agitator configured to polish objects within the inner drum as the objects move from the object intake to the object outlet. The agitator is disposed within the inner drum and is removably coupled to a rotation element disposed on an end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum, which is removably coupled to the outer drum. The outer drum is releasably couplable to a base unit using attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Trinity River Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Bigney
  • Patent number: 10744541
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes a plurality of inner drum perforations formed in the inner drum, an object intake disposed tangential to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum, and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum and forming an annular chamber interior to the outer drum and exterior to the inner drum. A cyclonic gas flow is generated within the apparatus from the object intake to a gas outlet in response to drawing gas from the apparatus through the gas outlet to remove debris from objects within the inner drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Trinity River Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Bigney
  • Publication number: 20190076891
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes an object intake coupled to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an agitator configured to polish objects within the inner drum as the objects move from the object intake to the object outlet. The agitator is disposed within the inner drum and is removably coupled to a rotation element disposed on an end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum, which is removably coupled to the outer drum. The outer drum is releasably couplable to a base unit using attachment means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: NICHOLAS D. BIGNEY
  • Publication number: 20190076890
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes a plurality of inner drum perforations formed in the inner drum, an object intake disposed tangential to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum, and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum and forming an annular chamber interior to the outer drum and exterior to the inner drum. A cyclonic gas flow is generated within the apparatus from the object intake to a gas outlet in response to drawing gas from the apparatus through the gas outlet to remove debris from objects within the inner drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: NICHOLAS D. BIGNEY
  • Publication number: 20080149541
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for detecting flaws in capsules containing a beneficial agent include mechanisms for delivering the capsules to a top surface of a capsule receiving plate and moving the capsules into apertures in the plate. The apertures have structure that forms a passageway that narrows from an opening in the top surface to a location below the top surface. A minimum dimension of the passageway has a predetermined size and shape that is slightly larger than the capsules such that a flaw that has deformed the capsule causes the capsule to be inhibited from passing through the apertures. The structure may also include contact points or curves of intersection that engage the capsule and cause them to rotate. Mechanisms for removing the flawed capsules utilize one or more of brushes, inclined plane elements, gas plenums, and vacuums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: NICHOLAS D. BIGNEY