Patents by Inventor David William Lizius

David William Lizius 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).

  • Patent number: 10458965
    Abstract: A device and system for optically analyzing food products is provided. The device comprises first and second imaging devices respectively sensitive to first and second wavelengths; the imaging devices include a line-scan camera to acquire images of food products at a line in a food-path-facing direction, and a line-scan spectrometer to acquire spectroscopic images at the line. The device includes an optical filter configured to: convey the first wavelengths from the line to the first imaging device; and convey the second wavelengths from the line to the second imaging device. The device includes a frame to align the optical filter and respective optical axes of the first and second imaging devices, relative to each other and the food-path-facing direction, such that the first imaging device and the second imaging device are optically aligned via the optical filter to image the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: P & P OPTICA INC.
    Inventors: Krishna Iyer, Olga Ewa Pawluczyk, Bradley Oldenburg, Simon Guthrie, Timothy M. F. Stork, Ewa Osika, David William Lizius, Romuald Pawluczyk, Anthony Robert Shaw, Alexander Baran-Harper
  • Patent number: 10323983
    Abstract: A lamp for illuminating food products along a line is provided. The lamp comprises: a housing having a longitudinal axis and an opening along the longitudinal axis; a light source located in the housing along the longitudinal axis; a reflector positioned in the housing along the longitudinal axis, the reflector to reflect light from the light source through the opening and focus the light along the line; a removeable frame attached to the housing around the opening, the removeable frame having an aperture aligned with the opening along the longitudinal axis; a glass window in the aperture; a transparent polymer film in the aperture at an outward facing side of the glass window, each of the glass window and the transparent polymer film extending into the removeable frame past a perimeter of the aperture; and a seal between the transparent polymer film and the perimeter of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: P & P OPTICA INC.
    Inventors: Krishna Iyer, Timothy M. F. Stork, Ewa Osika, David William Lizius, Romuald Pawluczyk, Anthony Robert Shaw, Alexander Baran-Harper