Patents by Inventor Richard Mozelack

Richard Mozelack 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).

  • Liquid filling system with improved fluid displacement, nozzle and container handling, cleaning, and calibration/set-up capabilities
    Patent number: 6761191
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for a liquid filling system is herein disclosed incorporating means for generating greater overall production rate efficiencies (i.e. number of filled containers per minute per filling station) for automatic systems utilizing diverter valve and/or walking beam (i.e. continuous-motion) filling technologies with, for example, non-traditional ratios between the number of filling stations and the number of filling nozzles. The methods/apparatus disclosed herein also incorporate means to more efficiently changeover and clean up, in either a clean-in-place (CIP) or clean-out-of-place (COP) configuration, the product contact parts that become “dirty” when used in a production environment. Finally, an improved method and apparatus designed to provide a means for priming and air purging the product contact path of liquid filling machinery, a fill volume calibration procedure, and a fill weight verification cycle is also herein described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventors: Robert A. Rosen, Joseph Spiteri-Gonzi, Richard N. Bennett, Timothy McGrath, Shailendra K. Parihar, George R. Dold, Richard Mozelack
  • Liquid filling system with improved fluid displacement, nozzle and container handling, cleaning, and calibration/set-up capabilities
    Publication number: 20020139436
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for a liquid filling system is herein disclosed incorporating means for generating greater overall production rate efficiencies (i.e. number of filled containers per minute per filling station) for automatic systems utilizing diverter valve and/or walking beam (i.e. continuous-motion) filling technologies with, for example, non-traditional ratios between the number of filling stations and the number of filling nozzles. The methods/apparatus disclosed herein also incorporate means to more efficiently changeover and clean up, in either a clean-in-place (CIP) or clean-out-of-place (COP) configuration, the product contact parts that become “dirty” when used in a production environment. Finally, an improved method and apparatus designed to provide a means for priming and air purging the product contact path of liquid filling machinery, a fill volume calibration procedure, and a fill weight verification cycle is also herein described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Robert A. Rosen, Joseph Spiteri-Gonzi, Richard N. Bennett, Timothy McGrath, Shailendra K. Parihar, George R. Dold, Richard Mozelack