Patents by Inventor Acie Ray Fields

Acie Ray Fields 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: 20090120044
    Abstract: A container handling system for applying closures to containers includes a container feed line and a capping station for receiving containers from the container feed line and applying closures thereto. The capping station includes a capping head configured to provide torque during closure application. A container holder is configured to resist container rotation. The holder includes an opening exposed to a container location and a device positioned to draw air from the container location through the opening to create a force the acts to pull the container toward the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Acie Ray Fields
  • Patent number: 5658619
    Abstract: A system and method for adhering resin to the exterior of the bottles includes a coating section, a flash-off section, and a curing section. In the coating section, the bottles are dipped in a solution of resin and solvent. Only the exterior of the bottles is coated. The bottles are fed from the coating section to the flash-off section where they will be conveyed along a zig-zag path. In the flash-off section, air will pass over the bottles in order to remove solvent from their exterior. The bottles are then fed to the curing section where they pass in front of a plurality of ultraviolet lights. The ultraviolet lights will cure the resin on the exterior of the bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kirschner, Acie Ray Fields, Stanley J. Puskarz, William Leonard Roy