Patents by Inventor Jeff Crawford

Jeff Crawford 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: 11477993
    Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an extruder nozzle, wafer trays and corresponding components for the location of wafers on opposite sides of the extruded product, an indexing wheel for receiving the assembled sandwich product, and sandwich transporting means for moving the sandwich to a wrapping assembly and from there to a discharge end, wherein all of the components of the apparatus are mounted in cantilevered fashion on a vertical support or base member. Each element is powered individually by a servo motor or actuator and controlled by a controller allowing the variability of throughput for each station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jeff Irwin, Jeff Crawford, Chris Martin
  • Patent number: 11058100
    Abstract: An open face fishing reel utilizes a quick-release spool device having a modular reel component that facilitates the interchanging of fishing line while the reel is still secured within the fishing reel housing and crank mechanism. The device is configured to be removably replaced with a different spool having a new unit of fishing line secured thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Jeff Crawford, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10730649
    Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an extruder nozzle, wafer trays and corresponding components for the location of wafers on opposite sides of the extruded product, an indexing wheel for receiving the assembled sandwich product, and conveying means for conveying to a wrapping assembly and from there to a discharge end, wherein all of the components of the apparatus are mounted in cantilevered fashion on a vertical support or base member. Each element is powered individually by a servo motor and controlled by a controller allowing the variability of throughput for each station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Irwin, Jeff Crawford
  • Publication number: 20190380359
    Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an extruder nozzle, wafer trays and corresponding components for the location of wafers on opposite sides of the extruded product, an indexing wheel for receiving the assembled sandwich product, and sandwich transporting means for moving the sandwich to a wrapping assembly and from there to a discharge end, wherein all of the components of the apparatus are mounted in cantilevered fashion on a vertical support or base member. Each element is powered individually by a servo motor or actuator and controlled by a controller allowing the variability of throughput for each station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Jeff Irwin, Jeff Crawford, Chris Martin
  • Publication number: 20170137157
    Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an extruder nozzle, wafer trays and corresponding components for the location of wafers on opposite sides of the extruded product, an indexing wheel for receiving the assembled sandwich product, and conveying means for conveying to a wrapping assembly and from there to a discharge end, wherein all of the components of the apparatus are mounted in cantilevered fashion on a vertical support or base member. Each element is powered individually by a servo motor and controlled by a controller allowing the variability of throughput for each station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jeff Irwin, Jeff Crawford
  • Patent number: 5037158
    Abstract: A height adjustment mechanism for controlling the height of a chair back relative to a chair seat. A vertical member contains a centrally located camming slot that is elongated in a vertical direction and has a series of notches located along one side and a smooth surface located along the other side. The top and bottom of the camming slot contain downwardly directed camming surfaces. The back adjustment plate includes a centrally located horizontal slot. A guide pin is positioned within the slot and is supported by an S-shaped leaf spring. When the guide pin is moved in either direction away from the central axis of the slot, the spring causes the pin to be biased in the direction that the pin has been moved away from. In order to raise the chair back relative to the seat, the chair back is grasped by the user and pulled in an upward direction whereupon the pin is urged in the direction of the notches and registers in each of the notches as the chair back is moved in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Jeff Crawford