Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Lodge
Daniel A. Lodge 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: 11642677Abstract: A split or two-part microplate is formed of a base and a rack. The rack has a top with a plurality of openings capable of holding glass vials. The base has an interior bottom surface and an exterior bottom surface and a plurality of upwardly extending vertical walls and being so dimensioned and sized so as to fit onto the base with at least a portion of the top planar surface resting on the vertical walls. When the rack is assembled onto the base, the top planar surface is spaced from the bottom surface by a first distance. The rack includes downwardly extending legs that are adapted to rest on a flat surface whereby the top planar surface is spaced from the flat surface by a second distance which is greater than the first distance. A plurality of vials is held in the openings and include rims preventing the vials from passing through the openings. The length of the vials from below the rim to the bottom is greater than the first distance but less than the second distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: QIS, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Lodge, David G. Concordia
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Publication number: 20210170416Abstract: A split or two-part microplate is formed of a base and a rack. The rack has a top with a plurality of openings capable of holding glass vials. The base has an interior bottom surface and an exterior bottom surface and a plurality of upwardly extending vertical walls and being so dimensioned and sized so as to fit onto the base with at least a portion of the top planar surface resting on the vertical walls. When the rack is assembled onto the base, the top planar surface is spaced from the bottom surface by a first distance. The rack includes downwardly extending legs that are adapted to rest on a flat surface whereby the top planar surface is spaced from the flat surface by a second distance which is greater than the first distance. A plurality of vials is held in the openings and include rims preventing the vials from passing through the openings. The length of the vials from below the rim to the bottom is greater than the first distance but less than the second distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Daniel A. Lodge, David G. Concordia
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Patent number: 6571580Abstract: The present invention discloses a limited volume insert fused within a vial and the process for forming the same. The insert has a conical body, which tapers to a closed bottom, and an open top with a flange around the periphery thereof. The vial may be of the type where screw threads are located on the outer side of the neck of the vial, a reduced neck vial so that a cap may be snapped onto the vial, or a vial with a cap that is crimped onto the vial. The insert is placed within the vial so that the flange rests on the top of the open end of the vial. The flange and the top of the vial are then heated so that the flange reaches a molten state and the top of the vial reaches a submolten state. A tool is used to apply pressure to the now molten flange so that the flange will fuse to the vial. The tool is then removed and the insert is bonded to the vial without interfering with the placement or removal of a cap on the vial. Therefore, the insert may be emptied easily before the vial is disposed of.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2000Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: 6066299Abstract: The present invention discloses a limited volume insert fused within a vial and the process for forming the same. The insert has a conical body, which tapers to a closed bottom, and an open top with a flange around the periphery thereof. The vial may be of the type where screw threads are located on the outer side of the neck of the vial, a reduced neck vial so that a cap may be snapped onto the vial, or a vial with a cap that is crimped onto the vial. The insert is placed within the vial so that the flange rests on the top of the open end of the vial. The flange and the top of the vial are then heated so that the flange reaches a molten state and the top of the vial reaches a submolten state. A tool is used to apply pressure to the now molten flange so that the flange will fuse to the vial. The tool is then removed and the insert is bonded to the vial without interfering with the placement or removal of a cap on the vial. Therefore, the insert may be emptied easily before the vial is disposed of.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: 4777779Abstract: A compact self-contained machine operated by a single gear motor and having start and stop cycle switches feeds a cotton roving and severs the roving into plugging lengths. The severed plugging lengths are folded and inserted as plugs into the mouths of pipets which are held one at a time by hand in a locator bushing on a cycle activating panel of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1983Date of Patent: October 18, 1988Assignee: Meteor Manufacturing & Machinery Co.Inventors: Daniel A. Lodge, Donald D. Wheeler
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Patent number: 4523366Abstract: Pipets of virtually any size are delivered automatically and continuously with the assistance of gravity to an intermittent rotary transport mechanism which carries each pipet separately to a plugging station. At the plugging station, each pipet is engaged and held against movement while precut cotton plugs are inserted into the pipets by a reciprocating needle device controlled by a mechanism which simultaneously controls and coordinates the activity of scissor blades which sever a cotton roving during a dwell of a roving transport wheel on the shaft of the pipet rotary transport mechanism. After being plugged, each pipet is delivered from the rotary transport mechanism onto a collection apron. A multi-position stop element on the inclined pipet delivery rails of the machine allows pipets of varying diameters to be plugged with precision without requiring additional machine adjustments.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1984Date of Patent: June 18, 1985Assignee: Meteor Manufacturing & Machinery Co.Inventors: Daniel A. Lodge, Donald D. Wheeler
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Patent number: D438982Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2000Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventors: Daniel B. Lodge, Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D453837Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1999Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D454397Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D465030Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D465031Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D465283Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D469185Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge
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Patent number: D388176Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1996Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Q.I.S., Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Lodge