Patents by Inventor Christopher Robert Lyman
Christopher Robert Lyman 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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Patent number: 11661286Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Marcus Shen
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Publication number: 20230150808Abstract: A system and method for independently routing vehicles and delivering containers and closures to unit operation stations are disclosed. The containers and closures can, in some cases, be transported on the same vehicle. In other cases, the containers and closures can be transported on different vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Jason Matthew ORNDORFF, Christopher Robert LYMAN, Elizabeth Marie FIKES, Daniel Richard ROYCE, Ryan Andrew BURKHARD, Nathan E MOORE
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Patent number: 11584628Abstract: A system and method for independently routing vehicles and delivering containers and closures to unit operation stations are disclosed. The containers and closures can, in some cases, be transported on the same vehicle. In other cases, the containers and closures can be transported on different vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jason Matthew Orndorff, Christopher Robert Lyman, Elizabeth Marie Fikes, Daniel Richard Royce, Ryan Andrew Burkhard, Nathan E Moore
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Publication number: 20220265529Abstract: A process, for example a continuous process, for making an oral care article of manufacture containing a fibrous composition, for example a composite structure, and more particularly to a process for making an oral care article of manufacture containing a fibrous composition, such as a soluble fibrous composition, containing soluble filaments is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Dana Elizabeth Hartsig, Christopher Robert Lyman, Melissa Cherie Payne, Anthony Edward Reed, Jeanette Marie Swartz
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Publication number: 20220233416Abstract: A process, for example a continuous process, for making an oral care article of manufacture containing a fibrous composition, for example a composite structure, and more particularly to a process for making an oral care article of manufacture containing a fibrous composition, such as a soluble fibrous composition, containing soluble filaments is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Dana Elizabeth Hartsig, Christopher Robert Lyman, Melissa Cherie Payne, Anthony Edward Reed, Jeanette Marie Swartz
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Patent number: 11352157Abstract: A weigh-in-motion scale system for a linear synchronous motor conveyor and a method for weighing objects on a linear synchronous motor conveyor are described herein. In one embodiment, the weigh-in-motion scale system includes a support structure for supporting the following: a weigh cell, a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, a vehicle for transporting an object, and an object; and a weigh cell on the support structure on which a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track rests directly or indirectly. In one embodiment, the method includes transporting a vehicle with an object thereon along a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track; and at a weighing station while the vehicle with the object thereon is being transported, weighing the section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, vehicle, and object to determine the weight of the object.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Michael Granitz, Daniel Richard Royce
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Publication number: 20220106127Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Christopher Robert LYMAN, Jason Matthew ORNDORFF, Marcus SHEN
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Patent number: 11225381Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Marcus Shen
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Publication number: 20200390668Abstract: A process, for example a continuous process, for making an oral care article of manufacture containing a fibrous composition, for example a composite structure, and more particularly to a process for making an oral care article of manufacture containing a fibrous composition, such as a soluble fibrous composition, containing soluble filaments is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Dana Elizabeth Hartsig, Christopher Robert Lyman, Melissa Cherie Payne, Anthony Edward Reed, Jeanette Marie Swartz
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Publication number: 20200307843Abstract: A weigh-in-motion scale system for a linear synchronous motor conveyor and a method for weighing objects on a linear synchronous motor conveyor are described herein. In one embodiment, the weigh-in-motion scale system includes a support structure for supporting the following: a weigh cell, a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, a vehicle for transporting an object, and an object; and a weigh cell on the support structure on which a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track rests directly or indirectly. In one embodiment, the method includes transporting a vehicle with an object thereon along a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track; and at a weighing station while the vehicle with the object thereon is being transported, weighing the section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, vehicle, and object to determine the weight of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Michae Granitz, Daniel Richard Royce
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Patent number: 10710757Abstract: A weigh-in-motion scale system for a linear synchronous motor conveyor and a method for weighing objects on a linear synchronous motor conveyor are described herein. In one embodiment, the weigh-in-motion scale system includes a support structure for supporting the following: a weigh cell, a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, a vehicle for transporting an object, and an object; and a weigh cell on the support structure on which a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track rests directly or indirectly. In one embodiment, the method includes transporting a vehicle with an object thereon along a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track; and at a weighing station while the vehicle with the object thereon is being transported, weighing the section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, vehicle, and object to determine the weight of the object.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Michael Granitz, Daniel Richard Royce
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Patent number: 10640249Abstract: A track system includes a primary transport portion and a secondary transport portion along which a plurality of vehicles can be propelled. Each secondary transport portion includes a unit operation station for performing a transformation on a container or the contents therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ryan Andrew Burkhard, Nathan E Moore, Elizabeth Marie Fikes, Daniel Richard Royce, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Christopher Robert Lyman
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Patent number: 10471620Abstract: A knife including a cutting edge, a fixed edge, and a plurality of beam elements connecting the cutting edge to the fixed edge, each of the beam elements having a beam element extent oriented between about 20 degrees and about 80 degrees off of the cutting edge, each beam element separated from adjacent beam elements by a reduced stiffness zone, each reduced stiffness zone having a reduced stiffness zone extent oriented from about 20 degrees to about 80 degrees off of the cutting edge. The knife can be employed in a process and an apparatus for cutting a web.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dale Francis Bittner, Howard Jay Kalnitz, Stephen Douglas Congleton, Christopher Robert Lyman
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Patent number: 10442629Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Mark Levandoski, Michael Granitz, Jason Matthew Orndorff
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Publication number: 20190161281Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Marcus Shen
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Patent number: 10221017Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Marcus Shen
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Publication number: 20180154540Abstract: A knife including a cutting edge, a fixed edge, and a plurality of beam elements connecting the cutting edge to the fixed edge, each of the beam elements having a beam element extent oriented between about 20 degrees and about 80 degrees off of the cutting edge, each beam element separated from adjacent beam elements by a reduced stiffness zone, each reduced stiffness zone having a reduced stiffness zone extent oriented from about 20 degrees to about 80 degrees off of the cutting edge. The knife can be employed in a process and an apparatus for cutting a web.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Dale Francis BITTNER, Howard Jay KALNITZ, Stephen Douglas CONGLETON, Christopher Robert Lyman
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Publication number: 20180071923Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Marcus Shen
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Publication number: 20180073912Abstract: A weigh-in-motion scale system for a linear synchronous motor conveyor and a method for weighing objects on a linear synchronous motor conveyor are described herein. In one embodiment, the weigh-in-motion scale system includes a support structure for supporting the following: a weigh cell, a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, a vehicle for transporting an object, and an object; and a weigh cell on the support structure on which a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track rests directly or indirectly. In one embodiment, the method includes transporting a vehicle with an object thereon along a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track; and at a weighing station while the vehicle with the object thereon is being transported, weighing the section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, vehicle, and object to determine the weight of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Michael Granitz, Daniel Richard Royce
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Publication number: 20180072505Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Mark Levandoski, Michael Granitz, Jason Matthew Orndorff