Patents by Inventor Harold Goeking
Harold Goeking 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).
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Patent number: 10470622Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a transfer bar, a roller assembly, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The transfer bar is movable between first and second positions. The roller assembly, disposed proximate the transfer bar second position, has a drive roller and a pinch roller that define a nip. The motor is in operable communication with the transfer bar to move the transfer bar between the first and second positions. The sensor is in operable communication with the dispenser cover. The controller is in operable communication with the sensor and the motor, and is responsive to executable instructions to facilitate actuation of the motor in response to a signal from the sensor to cause the transfer bar to move between the first position and second positions. The transfer bar includes at least one finger that drives an end of a roll of sheet product towards the nip upon actuation of the transfer bar from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, James Noah McNeely
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Patent number: 10159389Abstract: A sheet product dispenser is provided. The sheet product dispenser includes a roll of sheet product, a dispensing arrangement, and a method of sensing the separation of a dispensed sheet product. A sensor is provided for detecting the movement of a movable member, such as a tear bar or paper guide. The sensor generates a signal in response to the movement of the movable member. A controller de-energizes a roller in said dispensing arrangement in response to said signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Publication number: 20180064297Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a transfer bar, a roller assembly, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The transfer bar is movable between first and second positions. The roller assembly, disposed proximate the transfer bar second position, has a drive roller and a pinch roller that define a nip. The motor is in operable communication with the transfer bar to move the transfer bar between the first and second positions. The sensor is in operable communication with the dispenser cover. The controller is in operable communication with the sensor and the motor, and is responsive to executable instructions to facilitate actuation of the motor in response to a signal from the sensor to cause the transfer bar to move between the first position and second positions. The transfer bar includes at least one finger that drives an end of a roll of sheet product towards the nip upon actuation of the transfer bar from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, James Noah McNeely
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Patent number: 9839333Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a transfer bar, a roller assembly, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The transfer bar is movable between first and second positions. The roller assembly, disposed proximate the transfer bar second position, has a drive roller and a pinch roller that define a nip. The motor is in operable communication with the transfer bar to move the transfer bar between the first and second positions. The sensor is in operable communication with the dispenser cover. The controller is in operable communication with the sensor and the motor, and is responsive to executable instructions to facilitate actuation of the motor in response to a signal from the sensor to cause the transfer bar to move between the first position and second positions. The transfer bar includes at least one finger that drives an end of a roll of sheet product towards the nip upon actuation of the transfer bar from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Patent number: 9681783Abstract: A sheet product dispenser is provided for sheet product from a roller. The sheet product dispenser includes a first roll of sheet product, called a stub roll, a main roll of sheet product, and a dispensing arrangement. A sensor is provided for detecting when sheet product on a stub roll is depleted. The sensor generates a signal in response to the depletion of the stub roll and a controller activates an electromechanical actuator. The actuator acts to operate a transfer bar that moves an end portion of the main roll sheet product adjacent a roller assembly that engages the main roller sheet product.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Publication number: 20140263811Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a transfer bar, a roller assembly, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The transfer bar is movable between first and second positions. The roller assembly, disposed proximate the transfer bar second position, has a drive roller and a pinch roller that define a nip. The motor is in operable communication with the transfer bar to move the transfer bar between the first and second positions. The sensor is in operable communication with the dispenser cover. The controller is in operable communication with the sensor and the motor, and is responsive to executable instructions to facilitate actuation of the motor in response to a signal from the sensor to cause the transfer bar to move between the first position and second positions. The transfer bar includes at least one finger that drives an end of a roll of sheet product towards the nip upon actuation of the transfer bar from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Patent number: 8777149Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a transfer bar, a roller assembly, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The transfer bar is movable between first and second positions. The roller assembly, disposed proximate the transfer bar second position, has a drive roller and a pinch roller that define a nip. The motor is in operable communication with the transfer bar to move the transfer bar between the first and second positions. The sensor is in operable communication with the dispenser cover. The controller is in operable communication with the sensor and the motor, and is responsive to executable instructions to facilitate actuation of the motor in response to a signal from the sensor to cause the transfer bar to move between the first position and second positions. The transfer bar includes at least one finger that drives an end of a roll of sheet product towards the nip upon actuation of the transfer bar from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Publication number: 20140110522Abstract: A sheet product dispenser is provided for sheet product from a roller. The sheet product dispenser includes a first roll of sheet product, called a stub roll, a main roll of sheet product, and a dispensing arrangement. A sensor is provided for detecting when sheet product on a stub roll is depleted. The sensor generates a signal in response to the depletion of the stub roll and a controller activates an electromechanical actuator. The actuator acts to operate a transfer bar that moves an end portion of the main roll sheet product adjacent a roller assembly that engages the main roller sheet product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Publication number: 20130248644Abstract: A sheet product dispenser is provided. The sheet product dispenser includes a roil of sheet product, a dispensing arrangement, and a method of sensing the separation of a dispensed sheet product. A sensor is provided for detecting the movement of a movable member, such as a tear bar or paper guide. The sensor generates a signal in response to the movement of the movable member. A controller de-energizes a roller in said dispensing arrangement in response to said signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Publication number: 20110253829Abstract: A sheet product dispenser includes a transfer bar, a roller assembly, a motor, a sensor, and a controller. The transfer bar is movable between first and second positions. The roller assembly, disposed proximate the transfer bar second position, has a drive roller and a pinch roller that define a nip. The motor is in operable communication with the transfer bar to move the transfer bar between the first and second positions. The sensor is in operable communication with the dispenser cover. The controller is in operable communication with the sensor and the motor, and is responsive to executable instructions to facilitate actuation of the motor in response to a signal from the sensor to cause the transfer bar to move between the first position and second positions. The transfer bar includes at least one finger that drives an end of a roll of sheet product towards the nip upon actuation of the transfer bar from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
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Publication number: 20080073456Abstract: A low reserve indicator mechanism for a supply of paper towels is disclosed. The mechanism includes a base, a pushplate, and an indicator. The pushplate is connected to the base with a translational degree of freedom therebetween, is biased in a first direction relative to the base, and is responsive to a first attribute of the supply of paper towels to translate opposite the first direction. The indicator is pivotally connected to the pushplate, and is movable between a retracted position and an indicating position in response to a second attribute of the supply of paper towels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: Harold Goeking, Gregory Budz, Michael Kilgore, Karl Kissinger
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Publication number: 20060273100Abstract: A tabletop dispenser for inter-folded napkins includes a housing with a front panel, a back panel, a pair of sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall for dispensing a stack of inter-folded napkins each of which napkins has a width, W, and a folded length, L?, of its lead pane. The dispenser also has an elongate dispensing aperture on its front panel and is further characterized in that the distance between the front and back panels of the dispenser is equal to or less than about the folded length, L?, of the lead panels of the inter-folded napkins. At least one of the sidewalls or back panel is provided with a display window made of a substantially optically clear material suitable for displaying removably mounted promotional material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Antonio Cittadino, Brent Burns, David Maroney, Joseph Kirchberg, Harold Goeking
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Publication number: 20060138274Abstract: In a dispenser for dispensing rolls of paper towel including means for rotatably mounting the roll, a feed nip including a segmented drive roll with a plurality of drive surfaces and a nip roll adapted to cooperate therewith to advance the towel to a dispensing chute, an improved drive roll having an elongate axis and a plurality of drive segments defining drive surfaces disposed along its length of generally equal radius with respect to the elongate axis of the roll, as well as a plurality of guide disks interposed between adjacent drive segments configured to alleviate wrinkling as the towel is dispensed. Further improvements include a textured delivery chute and a method for dispensing a partially depleted roll of towel together with a fresh roll.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Harold Goeking, Paul Metcalfe, Michael Kilgore
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Publication number: 20060102770Abstract: A gravity-feed tissue roll dispenser for a plurality of tissue rolls includes: (a) a housing; (b) a supply turret with a plurality of spindles for mounting a plurality of tissue rolls for dispensing; (c) means for rotatably mounting the supply turret in the housing about a center of rotation such that a vertical line through the center of rotation of the turret defines a biasing sector of the dispenser and the spindles rotate between upper and lower positions, the dispenser also having a dispensing sector adjacent the biasing sector; (d) stop means adapted for securing a loaded spindle in an elevated dispensing position in the dispensing sector of the tissue dispenser, the dispensing position being elevated with respect to a lower limit of travel of the spindle upon rotation of the turret; wherein the stop means are responsive to depletion of the loaded spindle so as to allow rotation of the turret upon depletion of a roll of tissue mounted thereabout; and wherein further the turret and stop means are configuType: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Harold Goeking, Gregory Budz, Michael Kilgore, Karl Kissinger, Andy Kirkpatrick, John Moody
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Publication number: 20060060590Abstract: A lid for a container is disclosed. The crown of the lid includes a peripherally extending skirt and an outwardly extending spout. The skirt is adapted to secure the crown to the container. The spout includes a single slit and is adapted to deform about the single slit with application of a pressure differential.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventors: Harold Goeking, Rebecca Whitmore, William Schultz, Janica Behnke
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Publication number: 20050211713Abstract: A container comprising at least one receptacle wall defining an opening. A brim is formed about the opening. The brim includes a brim curl in a first configuration. The brim curl is adapted to deform into a second configuration. The container may further comprise a lid removably and sealingly engaged to the receptacle. The lid is adapted to deform the brim curl upon removal of the lid from the receptacle. The lid cannot sealingly engage the deformed brim curl.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Harold Goeking, Rebecca Whitmore, William Schultz, Janica Behnke
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Publication number: 20050155973Abstract: A lid for a container is disclosed. The crown of the lid includes a peripherally extending skirt and an outwardly extending spout. The skirt is adapted to secure the crown to the container. The spout includes a single slit and is adapted to deform about the single slit with application of a pressure differential.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Harold Goeking, Rebecca Whitmore, William Schultz, Janica Behnke