Patents by Inventor Joe Schill

Joe Schill 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).

  • SINGLE CAM CONTAINER NECKING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20040099036
    Abstract: The present invention includes a knockout ram assembly for necking a container comprising an anti-rotation device adapted to prevent a piston/pilot assembly from rotating while bolting or unbolting the pilot. The present invention also includes a method of replacing a knockout ram assembly from a container necking apparatus comprising unbolting from the container necking apparatus a first knockout ram assembly having an anti-rotation device adapted to substantially prevent the piston/pilot assembly from rotating, removing the first knockout ram assembly from the container necking apparatus, and bolting to the container necking apparatus a second knockout ram assembly having an anti-rotation device adapted to substantially prevent the piston/pilot assembly from rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC.
    Inventors: William Reynolds, Joe Schill
  • Servo-shutter mechanism for detecting defects in cans
    Patent number: 6661020
    Abstract: The present invention includes a servo-shutter mechanism comprising a servo-motor and a first gear rotatably attached to the servo-motor. The gear has teeth. The invention also includes a second gear having a first end and a second end. The first end has teeth in meshing contact with the teeth of the first gear and the second end is adapted to be joined to a cam ring. The cam ring has an aperture and a plurality of pivot pins where one of the pivot pins is joined to the second end of the second gear. Additionally, the invention includes at least one shutter blade having a first end and a second end where the first end is adapted to be pivotably joined to the cam ring and the second end is adapted to block the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Schill, Steve Walker, Mark Plymale
  • Servo-shutter mechanism
    Publication number: 20030042442
    Abstract: The present invention includes a servo-shutter mechanism comprising a servo-motor and a first gear rotatably attached to the servo-motor. The gear has teeth. The invention also includes a second gear having a first end and a second end. The first end has teeth in meshing contact with the teeth of the first gear and the second end is adapted to be joined to a cam ring. The cam ring has an aperture and a plurality of pivot pins where one of the pivot pins is joined to the second end of the second gear. Additionally, the invention includes at least one shutter blade having a first end and a second end where the first end is adapted to be pivotably joined to the cam ring and the second end is adapted to block the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC.
    Inventors: Joe Schill, Steve Walker, Mark Plymale