Patents by Inventor Nick Lynn Wilson
Nick Lynn Wilson 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: 11661290Abstract: A system for forming horizontally stacked groups of containers includes an infeed screw set, an orienting screw set, and a grouping mechanism. Containers are presented to the infeed screw in a vertical orientation, and are progressed from the infeed screw set to the orienting screw set via a transitioning pocket defined by overlapping pockets of the infeed and orienting screw sets. As containers are progressed through the orienting screw the containers are rotated via a series of orienting pockets to a horizontal orientation and progressed via a series of nesting pockets to form a series of horizontally nested containers. The series is discharged to a grouping mechanism which separates a predefined number of containers from the series to form a horizontally stacked group, which is outfed from the stacking system.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Morrison Timing Screw CompanyInventors: Ryan Finke, Nick Lynn Wilson, Mark Burk, Lee Kuipers, Timothy J. Dupin, Armando Garza, Chris L J Wilson
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Publication number: 20230098325Abstract: A driver for coupling a driving device and a driven device includes a core defining a plurality of corner chamfers and a casing formed on and encasing the core. The casing has a contoured perimeter surface and a variable casing thickness, and is compressible during an interference fit installation to a coupling socket to provide a non-lubricated coupling which has zero backlash and substantially no running noise. The core is made of a metal-based material and includes a shaft bore for receiving an input shaft. In an illustrative example, the driver core is made of a stainless steel core and the casing is made of a high wear thermoset urethane material. The metal core can be recycled from the coated driver by removal of the polymeric casing, then recoated with a new casing to form a new coated driver including the recycled metal core.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Morrison Timing Screw Co., dba Morrison Container Handling Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Nick Lynn Wilson, Ryan Finke, Caleb J. Knepper
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Publication number: 20220135350Abstract: A system for forming horizontally stacked groups of containers includes an infeed screw set, an orienting screw set, and a grouping mechanism. Containers are presented to the infeed screw in a vertical orientation, and are progressed from the infeed screw set to the orienting screw set via a transitioning pocket defined by overlapping pockets of the infeed and orienting screw sets. As containers are progressed through the orienting screw the containers are rotated via a series of orienting pockets to a horizontal orientation and progressed via a series of nesting pockets to form a series of horizontally nested containers. The series is discharged to a grouping mechanism which separates a predefined number of containers from the series to form a horizontally stacked group, which is outfed from the stacking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Morrison Timing Screw Company dba Morrison Container Handling SolutionsInventors: Ryan Finke, Nick Lynn Wilson, Mark Burk, Lee Kuipers, Timothy J. Dupin, Armando Garza, Chris LJ Wilson
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Patent number: 11247850Abstract: A divider system for diverting objects from an infeed lane into one or more discharge lanes includes a dividing screw set, a discharge screw set, and a diverting mechanism. The dividing screw set conveys a sequence of objects to an output end of the screw set where the objects are divided by rotation of the dividing screw set and outputted alternately to first and second discharge screws of the discharge screw set to form a first series of objects conveyed by the first discharge screw and a second series of objects conveyed by the second discharge screw. The divider system includes a diverting mechanism which can be selectively actuated to divert objects from one discharge screw to the other discharge screw to form a diverted group.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Morrison Timing Screw Co.Inventors: Nick Lynn Wilson, Mark Burk
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Publication number: 20200255229Abstract: A divider system for diverting objects from an infeed lane into one or more discharge lanes includes a dividing screw set, a discharge screw set, and a diverting mechanism. The dividing screw set conveys a sequence of objects to an output end of the screw set where the objects are divided by rotation of the dividing screw set and outputted alternately to first and second discharge screws of the discharge screw set to form a first series of objects conveyed by the first discharge screw and a second series of objects conveyed by the second discharge screw. The divider system includes a diverting mechanism which can be selectively actuated to divert objects from one discharge screw to the other discharge screw to form a diverted group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Morrison Timing Screw Co., dba Morrison Container Handling Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Nick Lynn Wilson, Mark Burk
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Patent number: 10633196Abstract: A divider system for diverting objects from an infeed lane into one or more discharge lanes includes a dividing screw set, a discharge screw set, and a diverting mechanism. The dividing screw set conveys a sequence of objects to an output end of the screw set where the objects are divided by rotation of the dividing screw set and outputted alternately to first and second discharge screws of the discharge screw set to form a first series of objects conveyed by the first discharge screw and a second series of objects conveyed by the second discharge screw. The divider system includes a diverting mechanism which can be selectively actuated to divert objects from one discharge screw to the other discharge screw to form a diverted group.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Morrison Timing Screw Co.Inventors: Nick Lynn Wilson, Mark Burk
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Publication number: 20190047796Abstract: A divider system for diverting objects from an infeed lane into one or more discharge lanes includes a dividing screw set, a discharge screw set, and a diverting mechanism. The dividing screw set conveys a sequence of objects to an output end of the screw set where the objects are divided by rotation of the dividing screw set and outputted alternately to first and second discharge screws of the discharge screw set to form a first series of objects conveyed by the first discharge screw and a second series of objects conveyed by the second discharge screw. The divider system includes a diverting mechanism which can be selectively actuated to divert objects from one discharge screw to the other discharge screw to form a diverted group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Morrison Timing Screw Co., dba Morrison Container Handling Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Nick Lynn Wilson, Mark Burk