Patents by Inventor Robert R. McGill

Robert R. McGill 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).

  • Publication number: 20240109680
    Abstract: A cleaner assembly for an apparatus for making pouch products includes a cleaner roller and a poker roller. The cleaner roller may counter rotate with a rotatable drum of the apparatus, in contact with an upper surface of a first elastic layer on the rotatable drum, and at a greater tangential speed than at least one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drum or an upper surface of the first elastic layer. The poker roller includes projections that are each configured to extend into one or more divots of the rotatable drum. The poker roller may counter rotate with the rotatable drum and at a same tangential speed as the at least one surface such that the projections extend into and out of separate, respective divots of the rotatable drum based on the counter rotation of the poker roller and the rotatable drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Jarrod W. CHALKLEY, Robert POWELL, Christopher R. NEWCOMB, Jeremy STRAIGHT, Isaac J. MCGILL, James David EVANS, Patrick MCELHINNEY
  • Patent number: 5217406
    Abstract: Mine ventilation tubing system for use in a mine tunnel including a plurality of tubing sections having, in transverse cross section, three sides connected together by three radiused corners, one of the corners having a substantially larger radius than the other two corners. A mounting assembly mounts the tubing sections in the tunnel with the one corner having the larger radius located closely adjacent the intersection of one of the side walls with the ceiling of the tunnel. In its mounted position, a first of the tubing section sides is located closely adjacent the ceiling, and a second of the tubing section sides is located closely adjacent the side wall such that the tubing sections are positioned out of the way of equipment travelling or operating in the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Peabody Coal Company
    Inventors: Mick E. Toth, Robert R. McGill