Patents by Inventor Garry MacKay

Garry MacKay 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).

  • SLIP CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20070131522
    Abstract: A slip conveyor assembly (10) having a plurality of slip conveyors (11 to 16). Each slip conveyor (11 to 16) has a tray (18) providing a conveyor surface (20) along which product is delivered. The trays (18) are arrangeable and caused to reciprocate so that product may be conveyed in either longitudinal direction, with at least two of the trays being arrangeable to provide a gap (32) therebetween to provide for delivery of product from the conveyor assembly (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: TNA Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alfred Taylor, Garry MacKay
  • Slip conveyor assembly
    Publication number: 20060090985
    Abstract: A slip conveyor assembly 10. The assembly 10 includes six slip conveyors 11 to 16 being arranged in series. Each of the conveyors 11 to 16 includes a tray 18 of “U” transverse cross-section. Each tray 18 is operated by a drive assembly 19 that horizontally reciprocates (oscillates) the associated tray 18 to cause product to advance along the assembly 10. Adjacent trays 18 may be displaced so that there is a gap between adjacent trays through which product may be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: TNA Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alfred Taylor, Garry MacKay
  • Slip conveyor
    Publication number: 20050263375
    Abstract: A slip conveyor (10) having an elongated pan (11) along which articles are conveyed in a predetermined direction. The pan (11) is vertically and horizontally reciprocated by a drive assembly (22). The drive assembly (22) includes a cowl (25) that governs the operation of a motor (23), the control (25) being configured to operate the motor (23) so that the pan (11) does not have a downward acceleration greater than gravity so that product on the pan (11) remains in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: TNA Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Garry MacKay, Alfred Taylor
  • Device to coat food products such as potato crisps
    Publication number: 20050172836
    Abstract: A device (10) to coat food products such as potato crisps and biscuits. The device (10) includes a flavour dispenser 21 that delivers granular flavour material to the products (12) being coated. The device (10) further includes a conveyor (11) with conveyor surfaces (15 to 18) that are arranged in cascade so that the food products tumble from one surface to the next so that the granular flavour material is applied to the various surfaces of the food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: TNA Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alfred Taylor, Garry MacKay
  • Conveyor
    Publication number: 20050155840
    Abstract: A conveyor (10) that delivers product to a plurality of transverse conveyors of chutes (11). The conveyor (10) includes conveyor segments (12) along which the product is conveyed. Product is removed from the conveyor (10) by the lateral displacement of an upstream end 15 or a downstream end 16 of adjacent conveyor segments (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: TNA Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alfred Taylor, Garry MacKay