Patents by Inventor Tracy J. Steiger

Tracy J. Steiger 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).

  • Patent number: 11686456
    Abstract: An innovative light fixture for use with acoustical shells is disclosed. The fixture incorporates a dome gimbal to allow rotation front-to-back and left-right around a horizontal axis and a third axis of rotation around a vertical axis. The dome configuration allows for a low profile and toolless adjustment allows stage side aiming by hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Wenger Corporation
    Inventors: Jason G. Kantak, James R. Crooks, Tracy J. Steiger
  • Publication number: 20200116335
    Abstract: An innovative light fixture for use with acoustical shells is disclosed. The fixture incorporates a dome gimbal to allow rotation front-to-back and left-right around a horizontal axis and a third axis of rotation around a vertical axis. The dome configuration allows for a low profile and toolless adjustment allows stage side aiming by hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jason G. Kantak, James R. Crooks, Tracy J. Steiger
  • Patent number: 6295790
    Abstract: An integrated and compact bag filling machine comprising a material dispensing spout, a slip tube suspended in substantially vertical alignment with the spout, and a bag sealing apparatus comprising a pair of opposable forming bars and a pair of independently actuable and opposable sealing bars is herein disclosed. The bag filling machine is capable of bottom filling and sealing both paper and plastic bags having gusseted or flat sides with little or no modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Slidell, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. McGregor, Kurt Bernard Snaza, LaVerne N. Wobschall, Scott Mitchell Anderson, Tracy J. Steiger, Thomas Morness
  • Patent number: 6112504
    Abstract: A bag filling machine comprising a supply hopper, a material flow control mechanism and a rotatable bag filling spout is herein disclosed. The rotating bag filling spout is constructed and arranged for rotation about a vertical axis and is connected to the supply hopper through the material flow control mechanism so as to convey bulk commodities stored in the supply hopper into a bag that is to be filled. After the bag has been filled, the rotatable bag filling spout rotates to close the bag. A sealing mechanism is also provided to seal the filled bags once they have been closed by the rotating bag filling spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Slidell, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. McGregor, Harold McGregor, John McGregor, Tracy J. Steiger
  • Patent number: 5771667
    Abstract: A fully automated apparatus and operating system for supplying, transferring, filling, and sealing bags, utilizing a clam shell type of filling spout is provided in combination with apparatus for sealing each filled bag in close proximity to the spout. The bag sealing apparatus incorporates heat sealing bars mounted on a carriage movable between a first position adjacent to the filling spout for receiving filled bags and sealing them, and a second position wherein filled and sealed bags are released. The same carriage supports clamping bars movable between open and closed positions to clamp a filled bag while it is still being held on the filling spout, and to support the bag, after removal from the spout, while the bag mouth is being sealed by the heat sealing bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: James R. McGregor
    Inventors: James R. McGregor, Tracy J. Steiger, LaVern N. Wobschall