Patents by Inventor Gary V. McMurray

Gary V. McMurray 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).

  • Passive systems and methods for shackling products
    Patent number: 8328605
    Abstract: A passive system, apparatus, and method for transferring poultry products exiting the chiller to a cone or shackle line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Gary V. McMurray, Jonathan Frank Holmes, Wiley Holcombe
  • Passive Systems And Methods For Shackling Products
    Publication number: 20110136422
    Abstract: A passive system, apparatus, and method for transferring poultry products exiting the chiller to a cone or shackle line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Gary V. McMurray, Jonathan Frank Holmes, Wiley Holcombe
  • Conveyor tracking system for part detection using an array of photoelectric sensors
    Patent number: 5969339
    Abstract: A part tracking system comprised of an array of photoelectric sensors positioned at various angles with respect to a conveyor transporting parts such as pieces of poultry to create a field of detection. The angle arrangements of the array of photoelectric sensors circumscribes the parts with lines of varying angles to approximate the part outline or closed line integral with a polygon. As a part is conveyed through the array of photoelectric sensors each transition of the sensors provide a side of the polygon that circumscribes the part. From this the vertices of the polygon can be determined which allows the centroid and angle of the major axis of the part to be calculated thereby providing the coordinates for the part's location on the conveyor. The coordinates are then conveyed to a robotic controller which manipulates an end effector to grasp the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation Office of Technology Licensing
    Inventors: Gary V. McMurray, Wiley D. Holcombe, Jr., Marlon Moses, John A. Messenger, Christopher Reynolds