Patents by Inventor Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr.

Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr. 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).

  • Conveyor system for clinical test apparatus
    Patent number: 6374989
    Abstract: The conveyor system for clinical test apparatus includes a main transport conveyor and a plurality of auxiliary conveyors located alongside the main transport conveyor. The auxiliary conveyors define straight line paths of travel parallel to the straight line paths of travel of the main conveyor. Each of the auxiliary conveyors is operated by drive means separate from the main transport conveyor. Two crossover points are provided between the main transport conveyor and the auxiliary conveyor. One crossover point is an entrance from the main transport conveyor to the auxiliary conveyor and the other crossover point is an exit from the auxiliary conveyor to the main transport conveyor. Each crossover point is controlled by a gate. One of the gates is a divert gate which can be actuated to block the main transport path thereby diverting puck traffic onto the auxiliary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., John Louis Barra, Thomas James Hatcher, Michael John Campanelli
  • Conveyor system for clinical test apparatus
    Patent number: 6202829
    Abstract: The conveyor system for clinical test apparatus includes a main transport conveyor and a plurality of auxiliary conveyors located alongside the main transport conveyor. The auxiliary conveyors define straight line paths of travel parallel to the straight line paths of travel of the main conveyor. Each of the auxiliary conveyors is operated by drive means separate from the main transport conveyor. Two crossover points are provided between the main transport conveyor and the auxiliary conveyor. One crossover point is an entrance from the main transport conveyor to the auxiliary conveyor and the other crossover point is an exit from the auxiliary conveyor to the main transport conveyor. Each crossover point is controlled by a gate. One of the gates is a divert gate which can be actuated to block the main transport path thereby diverting puck traffic onto the auxiliary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., John Louis Barra, Thomas James Hatcher, Michael John Campanelli
  • Conveyor system for clinical test apparatus
    Patent number: 6056106
    Abstract: The conveyor system for clinical test apparatus includes a main transport conveyor and a plurality of auxiliary conveyors located alongside the main transport conveyor. The auxiliary conveyors define straight line paths of travel parallel to the straight line paths of travel of the main conveyor. Each of the auxiliary conveyors is operated by drive means separate from the main transport conveyor. Two crossover points are provided between the main transport conveyor and the auxiliary conveyor. One crossover point is an entrance from the main transport conveyor to the auxiliary conveyor and the other crossover point is an exit from the auxiliary conveyor to the main transport conveyor. Each crossover point is controlled by a gate. One of the gates is a divert gate which can be actuated to block the main transport path thereby diverting puck traffic onto the auxiliary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., John Louis Barra, Thomas James Hatcher, Michael John Campanelli
  • Conveyor system for clinical test apparatus
    Patent number: 6024204
    Abstract: The conveyor system for clinical test apparatus includes a main transport conveyor and a plurality of auxiliary conveyors located alongside the main transport conveyor. The auxiliary conveyors define straight line paths of travel parallel to the straight line paths of travel of the main conveyor. Each of the auxiliary conveyors is operated by drive means separate from the main transport conveyor. Two crossover points are provided between the main transport conveyor and the auxiliary conveyor. One crossover point is an entrance from the main transport conveyor to the auxiliary conveyor and the other crossover point is an exit from the auxiliary conveyor to the main transport conveyor. Each crossover point is controlled by a gate. One of the gates is a divert gate which can be actuated to block the main transport path thereby diverting puck traffic onto the auxiliary conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., John Louis Barra, Thomas James Hatcher, Michael John Campanelli
  • Puck end cap
    Patent number: D402765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Smith, David Patrick O'Bryan, Bingham Hood Van Dyke, Jr., Michael John Campanelli
  • Puck
    Patent number: D402766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Smith, David Patrick O'Bryan, Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., Michael John Campanelli
  • Puck housing
    Patent number: D405192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Smith, David Patrick O'Bryan, Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., Michael John Campanelli
  • Puck spring for a sample tube holder
    Patent number: D414273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Smith, David Patrick O'Bryan, Bingham Hood van Dyke, Jr., Michael John Campanelli