Patents by Inventor Glenn Ellison

Glenn Ellison 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: 7395952
    Abstract: A wire feeding apparatus is disclosed. The wire feeding apparatus includes a rotable drive shaft, a servo motor in driving relationship with the drive shaft and one or more feed modules. Each feed module is selectively engaged with the drive shaft through the use of a linear actuator. When the linear actuator is engaged, each feed module is driven by the drive shaft such that wire is either fed or retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Barton Wade Daniel, Glenn Ellison, Scott Shepard
  • Patent number: 7127986
    Abstract: A laterally displaceable guide track for a bale binding apparatus includes a carriage with a guide track portion mounted on it with a hinge. The guide track portion has an engaged position and a disengaged position. The engaged position is aligned with at least one other guide track portion to define a bale loop plane, and the disengaged position is out of the bale loop plane. The mount allows the guide track portion to be moved between the engaged position and the disengaged position. The disengaged position allows the carriage to be withdrawn from a baling station for ejection of a finished bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Patent number: 7124679
    Abstract: The lower guide track sections for a bale binder engaged with a down press include a platen portion substantially as long as a platen slot and dimensioned for deployment within the platen slot. Track extensions extend outward from the platen. The first extension has a strap receiving end face that to cooperates with a first strap guide track on a carriage such that the first strap guide track on the first carriage is dimensioned to index laterally beyond a press frame. A second extension having a strap exit end face cooperates with a second strap guide track on a second carriage such that the second strap guide track on the second carriage is dimensioned to index laterally beyond the press frame. First and second guide track sections are mounted on laterally displaceable carriages and each have an exit end face, the end faces operatively cooperate with the receiving end faces of the extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Barton Wade Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Patent number: 7121195
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively driving a pivotable knotter includes a rack, a pinion in driving communication with the rack, a knotter drive gear connected to the knotter and a linear actuator. The linear actuator is connected to the knotter and pivots the knotter about a pivot axis. Upon pivot, the knotter drive gear is engaged with the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Patent number: 7093535
    Abstract: In a bulk material bate binder, the bulk material bale binder having a stand adjacent a baling station and being installed to bind bales compressed by an up press having a moving lower platen, the lower platen having insertion slots for guide tracks, a guide track removal and insertion apparatus including a guide track removal frame, the frame being hingedly mounted on the stand such that the guide track removal frame may rotate to and from an engaged position and a removed position; a guide track mount, pivotably mounted on the guide track removal frame, the guide track mount having an insertion position and a retracted position; a guide track section attached to the guide track mount, the guide track section having an insertion portion; and a linkage, the linkage having a first end and a second end, the first end being operatively engaged with the stand and the second end being operatively engaged with the guide track mount, such that during insertion and removal of the insertion portion of the guide track,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Barton Wade Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20060042477
    Abstract: In a bulk material bate binder, the bulk material bale binder having a stand adjacent a baling station and being installed to bind bales compressed by an up press having a moving lower platen, the lower platen having insertion slots for guide tracks, a guide track removal and insertion apparatus including a guide track removal frame, the frame being hingedly mounted on the stand such that the guide track removal frame may rotate to and from an engaged position and a removed position; a guide track mount, pivotably mounted on the guide track removal frame, the guide track mount having an insertion position and a retracted position; a guide track section attached to the guide track mount, the guide track section having an insertion portion; and a linkage, the linkage having a first end and a second end, the first end being operatively engaged with the stand and the second end being operatively engaged with the guide track mount, such that during insertion and removal of the insertion portion of the guide track,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20060042476
    Abstract: The lower guide track sections for a bale binder engaged with a down press include a platen portion substantially as long as a platen slot and dimensioned for deployment within the platen slot. Track extensions extend outward from the platen. The first extension has a strap receiving end face that to cooperates with a first strap guide track on a carriage such that the first strap guide track on the first carriage is dimensioned to index laterally beyond a press frame. A second extension having a strap exit end face cooperates with a second strap guide track on a second carriage such that the second strap guide track on the second carriage is dimensioned to index laterally beyond the press frame. First and second guide track sections are mounted on laterally displaceable carriages and each have an exit end face, the end faces operatively cooperate with the receiving end faces of the extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20060042481
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively driving a pivotable knotter is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rack, a pinion in driving communication with the rack, a knotter drive gear connected to the knotter and a linear actuator. The linear actuator is connected to the knotter and pivots the knotter about a pivot axis. Upon pivot, the knotter drive gear is engaged with the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20060042478
    Abstract: A laterally displaceable guide track for a bale binding apparatus includes a carriage with a guide track portion mounted on it with a hinge. The guide track portion has an engaged position and a disengaged position. The engaged position is aligned with at least one other guide track portion to define a bale loop plane, and the disengaged position is out of the bale loop plane. The mount allows the guide track portion to be moved between the engaged position and the disengaged position. The disengaged position allows the carriage to be withdrawn from a baling station for ejection of a finished bale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20060043138
    Abstract: A wire feeding apparatus is disclosed. The wire feeding apparatus includes a rotable drive shaft, a servo motor in driving relationship with the drive shaft and one or more feed modules. Each feed module is selectively engaged with the drive shaft through the use of a linear actuator. When the linear actuator is engaged, each feed module is driven by the drive shaft such that wire is either fed or retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Bart Daniel, Scott Shepard, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20050109225
    Abstract: A guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material. The guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion. Two lateral guide track halves are biased together. On their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels. The baling strap or baling wire is driven through the channels and guided around the material to be baled. The channels widen from a small diameter to a wide aperture at the receiving end of the guide track sections for receiving a lead end of a wire or strap that is propelled across a gap from a preceding guide track section. A partition is positioned within the wide aperture to provide multiple receptacles for the lead end of a wire or strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Barton Daniel, Glenn Ellison
  • Publication number: 20050050736
    Abstract: A wire cutter having a handle, a fixed cutting blade mounted on the handle, a lever pivotally connected to the handle, and a stop on the lever for engagement with the fixed cutting blade is disclosed. The wire cutter also includes a spring to bias the lever to an “open” position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Barton Daniel, Glenn Ellison, Scott Shepard