Patents by Inventor Timothy A. WOODSON

Timothy A. WOODSON 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).

  • Density-based carriage control system for accumulator and method for controlling an accumulator
    Patent number: 9452895
    Abstract: A method of accumulating products traveling in a conveyor system according to system conditions including: receiving products from an infeed conveyor onto a first conveyor in an accumulator; transferring by a carriage products from the first conveyor to a second conveyor in the accumulator; moving products from the second conveyor to an outfeed conveyor; detecting a density of products moving on the second conveyor; and moving the carriage with along the first and second conveyors if the detected density is above a certain density value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: SEN-PACK INC., SENTRY EQUIPMENT & ERECTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Woodson, Gary D. Hunt, David N. Cooley, William M. Connor, John P. Choufani, Mark T. Brogan, Brian S. Childress, Keith A. Knowles, Gert B. Gast
  • DENSITY-BASED CARRIAGE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ACCUMULATOR
    Publication number: 20160031656
    Abstract: A method of accumulating products traveling in a conveyor system according to system conditions including: receiving products from an infeed conveyor onto a first conveyor in an accumulator; transferring by a carriage products from the first conveyor to a second conveyor in the accumulator; moving products from the second conveyor to an outfeed conveyor; detecting a density of products moving on the second conveyor; and moving the carriage with along the first and second conveyors if the detected density is above a certain density value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. WOODSON, Gary D. HUNT, David N. COOLEY, William M. CONNOR, John P. CHOUFANI, Mark T. BROGAN, Brian S. CHILDRESS, Keith A. KNOWLES, Gert B. GAST