Patents by Inventor Jeffery Lee Shortridge

Jeffery Lee Shortridge 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).

  • Quick change over apparatus for machine line
    Patent number: 7454944
    Abstract: A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of moving, holding, manipulating and shaping cans as they pass from a can infeed to a can discharge of the machine line and move along a path having a predetermined configuration. This apparatus minimizes operations necessary for changing from a set up suitable for modifying a can having a first set of dimensions to a set up suitable for a can having a second set of dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Belvac Production Machinery, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Schill, Jeffery Lee Shortridge, Christopher D. Shuey, Dennis E. Green
  • Quick change over apparatus for machine line
    Patent number: 7409845
    Abstract: A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of moving, holding, manipulating and shaping cans as they pass from a can infeed to a can discharge of the machine line and move along a path having a predetermined configuration. This apparatus minimizes operations necessary for changing from a set up suitable for modifying a can having a first set of dimensions to a set up suitable for a can having a second set of dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Belvac Production Machinery, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Schill, Jeffery Lee Shortridge, Christopher D. Shuey, Dennis Green