Patents by Inventor Jessica Meloy

Jessica Meloy 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES FOR FUSING POLYETHYLENE PIPE
    Publication number: 20230182403
    Abstract: A butt fusion machine for joining of polyethylene pipe comprises a carriage assembly and a carriage controller disposed in the fusion machine. Programmed instructions stored in a non-volatile memory of the carriage controller control the carriage assembly for selectively operating in at least one of a manual, automatic, and semi-automatic mode of the butt fusion process. A butt fusion process, after a setup sequence includes (1) selecting a sequence of operating steps of a manual mode, an automatic mode, and a semi-automatic mode; and (2) executing the selected operating mode. The semi-automatic mode includes at least one step requiring intervention by an operator to confirm proceeding to a next step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bueno, Shawn Church, Jessica Meloy, Michael Pacheco
  • Apparatus and method having multiple operating modes for fusing polyethylene pipe
    Patent number: 11602905
    Abstract: A butt fusion machine for joining of polyethylene pipe comprises a carriage assembly and a carriage controller disposed in the fusion machine. Programmed instructions stored in a non-volatile memory of the carriage controller control the carriage assembly for selectively operating in at least manual, automatic, and semi-automatic modes of the butt fusion process. The butt fusion process, after a setup sequence includes (1) selecting a sequence of operating steps of an automatic mode, a semi-automatic mode, and a manual mode; and (2) executing the selected operating mode. The semi-automatic mode includes at least one step requiring intervention by an operator to confirm proceeding to a next step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bueno, Shawn Church, Jessica Meloy, Michael Pacheco
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES FOR FUSING POLYETHYLENE PIPE
    Publication number: 20220088890
    Abstract: A butt fusion machine for joining of polyethylene pipe comprises a carriage assembly and a carriage controller disposed in the fusion machine. Programmed instructions stored in a non-volatile memory of the carriage controller control the carriage assembly for selectively operating in at least manual, automatic, and semi-automatic modes of the butt fusion process. The butt fusion process, after a setup sequence includes (1) selecting a sequence of operating steps of an automatic mode, a semi-automatic mode, and a manual mode; and (2) executing the selected operating mode. The semi-automatic mode includes at least one step requiring intervention by an operator to confirm proceeding to a next step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bueno, Shawn Church, Jessica Meloy, Michael Pacheco