Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Ravin

Thomas C. Ravin 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).

  • Automated apparatus and method for consolidating products and packaging
    Patent number: 5855104
    Abstract: An automated apparatus for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility includes: a first robotic transfer device for periodically transferring a first predetermined amount of individual packages from an inspection station to an intermediate consolidation buffer and depositing the packages on the consolidation buffer; a control device for tracking and identifying each individual contact lens conveyed from the inspection station to the consolidation buffer and including memory and logic circuits for storing the identity of individual packages containing contact lenses that have been previously determined at the inspection station as being out of specification, and, generating a signal to enable the first robotic device to discard any individual package identified as out of specification; and; a second robotic assembly for periodically transferring a second predetermined amount of individual packages from the consolidation buffer to a second processing station, th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schlagel, Russell J. Edwards, Mary L. Dolan, Svend Christensen, Borge P. Gundersen, John M. Lepper, Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Richard W. Abrams, Thomas C. Ravin
  • Automated apparatus and method for consolidating products for packaging
    Patent number: 5829222
    Abstract: An automated apparatus for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility includes: a first robotic transfer device for periodically transferring a first predetermined amount of individual packages from an inspection station to an intermediate consolidation buffer and depositing the packages on the consolidation buffer; a control device for tracking and identifying each individual contact lens conveyed from the inspection station to the consolidation buffer and including memory and logic circuits for storing the identity of individual packages containing contact lenses that have been previously determined at the inspection station as being out of specification, and, generating a signal to enable the first robotic device to discard any individual package identified as out of specification; and, a second robotic assembly for periodically transferring a second predetermined amount of individual packages from the consolidation buffer to a second processing station, th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schlagel, Russell J. Edwards, Mary L. Dolan, Svend Christensen, Borge P. Gundersen, John M. Lepper, Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang, Richard W. Abrams, Thomas C. Ravin