Patents by Inventor William L. Harrison
William L. Harrison 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).
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Publication number: 20130269291Abstract: A method of loading a plurality of food items in multiple layers comprises collecting food items in a staging area in a first plurality of groups, each group having a plurality of food items. The first plurality of groups is displaced substantially simultaneously downwardly into an accumulating and storage area and thereby forming a plurality of first layer group. A second plurality of groups of food items is collected, each of the second plurality of groups having a plurality of food items. The second plurality of groups is displaced substantially simultaneously downwardly into the accumulating and storage area such that the second plurality of groups forms a plurality of second layer groups of food items superposed to the first layer groups, and thereby forming a plurality of two layer-groups. The plurality of two-layer groups of food items are displaced downwardly into a receptacle in a packing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: William L. HARRISON, Michael F. SHOWLER
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Patent number: 8499915Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: F. R. DrakeInventors: William L. Harrison, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
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Patent number: 8458995Abstract: A method of loading a plurality of food items in multiple layers comprises collecting food items in a staging area in a first plurality of groups, each group having a plurality of food items. The first plurality of groups is displaced substantially simultaneously downwardly into an accumulating and storage area and thereby forming a plurality of first layer group. A second plurality of groups of food items is collected, each of the second plurality of groups having a plurality of food items. The second plurality of groups is displaced substantially simultaneously downwardly into the accumulating and storage area such that the second plurality of groups forms a plurality of second layer groups of food items superposed to the first layer groups, and thereby forming a plurality of two layer-groups. The plurality of two-layer groups of food items are displaced downwardly into a receptacle in a packing area.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: F.R. Drake CompanyInventors: William L. Harrison, Michael F. Showler
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Publication number: 20120211321Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: William L. HARRISON, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
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Publication number: 20120144781Abstract: A method of loading a plurality of food items in multiple layers comprises collecting food items in a staging area in a first plurality of groups, each group having a plurality of food items. The first plurality of groups is displaced substantially simultaneously downwardly into an accumulating and storage area and thereby forming a plurality of first layer group. A second plurality of groups of food items is collected, each of the second plurality of groups having a plurality of food items. The second plurality of groups is displaced substantially simultaneously downwardly into the accumulating and storage area such that the second plurality of groups forms a plurality of second layer groups of food items superposed to the first layer groups, and thereby forming a plurality of two layer-groups. The plurality of two-layer groups of food items are displaced downwardly into a receptacle in a packing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: William L. HARRISON, Michael F. Showler
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Patent number: 8113328Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: F.R. Drake CompanyInventors: William L. Harrison, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
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Patent number: 8079202Abstract: A system and method for multi-layer loading of food items such as frankfurters in a receptacle includes the steps of displacing groupings of frankfurters along a staging area, allowing the frankfurters to drop downwardly by gravity to an accumulation and storage area until at least two layers of frankfurters are accumulated and allowing the double layer of frankfurters to drop downwardly into a packing receptacle in a packing area.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: F.R. Drake CompanyInventors: William L. Harrison, Michael F. Showler
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Publication number: 20110079484Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: William L. HARRISON, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
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Patent number: 7849991Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: F.R. Drake CompanyInventors: William L. Harrison, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
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Patent number: 7757462Abstract: A system and method for multi-layer loading of food items such as frankfurters in a receptacle includes the steps of displacing groupings of frankfurters along a staging area, allowing the frankfurters to drop downwardly by gravity to an accumulation and storage area until at least two layers of frankfurters are accumulated and allowing the double layer of frankfurters to drop downwardly into a packing receptacle in a packing area.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: F.R. Drake CompanyInventors: William L. Harrison, Michael F. Showler
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Publication number: 20080305225Abstract: A system and method for multi-layer loading of food items such as frankfurters in a receptacle includes the steps of displacing groupings of frankfurters along a staging area, allowing the frankfurters to drop downwardly by gravity to an accumulation and storage area until at least two layers of frankfurters are accumulated and allowing the double layer of frankfurters to drop downwardly into a packing receptacle in a packing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: William L. HARRISON, Michael F. Showler
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Patent number: 7140006Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for optimizing code. Embodiments of the present invention comprise, for each expression in an intermediate program representation, transparently forwarding definitions of variables in said expression as said expression is being parsed by a term rewriter, the intermediate program representation being left unchanged; determining whether a term rewriting rule exists in the term rewriter for said expression; and rewriting said expression in the intermediate program representation according to said rule.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2001Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Williams L. Harrison, III, Cotton Seed
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Patent number: 7117490Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for doing program analysis. According to embodiments of the invention program analysis comprises assigning an alias to each equivalence class of possibly overlapping memory accesses as defined by an alias analysis of an intermediate language program; and defining a definition-use relationship between statements in each equivalence class wherein definition statements which belong to the equivalence class reference the alias associated with that class, and wherein use statements which belong to the equivalence class reference the alias associated with for that class. The invention also provides a program analysis algorithm which utilizes a dependence flow graph having the property that the edge cardinality is independent of the definition-use of structure the program being analyzed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2001Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Williams L. Harrison, III, Cotton Seed
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Publication number: 20040168580Abstract: A system and method for multi-layer loading of food items such as frankfurters in a receptacle includes the steps of displacing groupings of frankfurters along a staging area, allowing the frankfurters to drop downwardly by gravity to an accumulation and storage area until at least two layers of frankfurters are accumulated and allowing the double layer of frankfurters to drop downwardly into a packing receptacle in a packing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: William L. Harrison, Michael F. Showler
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Publication number: 20030101441Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for optimizing code. Embodiments of the present invention comprise, for each expression in an intermediate program representation, transparently forwarding definitions of variables in said expression as said expression is being parsed by a term rewriter, the intermediate program representation being left unchanged; determining whether a term rewriting rule exists in the term rewriter for said expression; and rewriting said expression in the intermediate program representation according to said rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Williams L. Harrison, Cotton Seed
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Publication number: 20030074652Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for doing program analysis. According to embodiments of the invention program analysis comprises assigning an alias to each equivalence class of possibly overlapping memory accesses as defined by an alias analysis of an intermediate language program; and defining a definition-use relationship between statements in each equivalence class wherein definition statements which belong to the equivalence class reference the alias associated with that class, and wherein use statements which belong to the equivalence class reference the alias associated with for that class. The invention also provides a program analysis algorithm which utilizes a dependence flow graph having the property that the edge cardinality is independent of the definition-use of structure the program being analyzed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Williams L. Harrison, Cotton Seed
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Patent number: 5871080Abstract: A product aligning system specially adapted for receiving and aligning product items in bulk quantity, includes a hopper for receiving masses of product items in bulk and including a hopper conveyor extending across the bottom of the hopper, a hopper nose conveyor for receiving product items conveyed by the hopper conveyor and extending outwardly from the hopper, and a scale conveyor for receiving items from the hopper nose conveyor. The hopper nose conveyor and scale conveyor each include powered rakes positioned above the item supporting surfaces of those conveyors such that substantially only a single layer of items passes therebeneath. The hopper nose and scale conveyors each include load sensing apparatus which detects an accumulation of product items on those conveyors and signals a computer control which slows the speeds of the hopper and hopper nose conveyors sufficiently to allow the accumulation of products to reduce.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1995Date of Patent: February 16, 1999Assignee: Planet Products CorporationInventors: Mark A. Manzi, William L. Harrison, James M. Phelps, Darryl T. Phillips