Patents by Inventor David J. Sweeney

David J. Sweeney 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).

  • Material handling vehicle with product placement indication
    Patent number: 9679447
    Abstract: Visual indication systems and methods are provided. A material handling vehicle includes at least a first product placement location and a second product placement location. At least one visual indicator provides a visual indication at or near the first product placement location or the second product placement location. The visual indication serves as a visual confirmation for the order picker to place a product in a specific predefined placement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Raymond Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Carlson, David J. Sweeney, Donald Garvey, Gregory Kosar, Daniel R. Driscall
  • Material handling vehicle with product placement indication
    Publication number: 20150213695
    Abstract: Visual indication systems and methods are provided. A material handling vehicle includes at least a first product placement location and a second product placement location. At least one visual indicator provides a visual indication at or near the first product placement location or the second product placement location. The visual indication serves as a visual confirmation for the order picker to place a product in a specific predefined placement location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Carlson, David J. Sweeney, Donald Garvey, Gregory Kosar
  • Apparatus for applying a fitment to pre-formed carton at the infeed to a packaging machine
    Patent number: 6145275
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a fitment to an erected carton through ultrasonic welding at an infeed to a packaging machine is disclosed herein. The apparatus has two anvils that oscillate in a horizontal plane and oscillate along a vertical plane at a carton infeed to a packaging machine. As one anvil is attaching a fitment to a carton, the other anvil picks a fitment for attachment to the next carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, SA
    Inventor: David J. Sweeney
  • Servo motor driven fill system
    Patent number: 5865226
    Abstract: A fill system for filling a series of containers being processed on a packaging machine is set forth herein. The fill system includes a servomotor which may implement a number of stored fill profiles to provide precise filling of the containers. The servomotor is connected to one end of a cam shaft by a drive linkage. The drive linkage may be a toothed belt. The cam shaft is connected at its other end to a cam having a closed cam track. The cam directs a piston rod which controls a piston stroke in a piston chamber of the fill system. The piston chamber receives and holds of volume of product that is to be dispensed into each of the series of containers. The fill system may be integrated onto an existing packaging machine. The servomotor may be controlled by programmable logic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, S.A.
    Inventor: David J. Sweeney