Patents by Inventor Kenneth T. Felipe

Kenneth T. Felipe 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).

  • Nitrogen cap chute end
    Patent number: 7040075
    Abstract: A cap chute end for capping a plurality of in-line containers in an ambient atmosphere includes a fluid manifold having a plurality of first manifold apertures for injecting a first fluid into the plurality of containers. A fluid shoe is operatively adjacent the fluid manifold and has a plurality of shoe apertures for dispensing a second fluid into the plurality of caps and plurality of containers. A frame that supports the fluid shoe is configured to receive a plurality of caps at a receiving end of the frame. A wiper supported at a dispensing end of the frame has a pair of arms operatively adjacent the fluid shoe. The pair of arms is configured to orient the plurality of caps to the plurality of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Robert B. Seebeger, Frank M. Knafelc, Ronald E. Heiskell, Kenneth T. Felipe
  • Nitrogen cap chute end
    Publication number: 20030159408
    Abstract: A cap chute end for capping a plurality of in-line containers in an ambient atmosphere includes a fluid manifold having a plurality of first manifold apertures for injecting a first fluid into the plurality of containers. A fluid shoe is operatively adjacent the fluid manifold and has a plurality of shoe apertures for dispensing a second fluid into the plurality of caps and plurality of containers. A frame that supports the fluid shoe is configured to receive a plurality of caps at a receiving end of the frame. A wiper supported at a dispensing end of the frame has a pair of arms operatively adjacent the fluid shoe. The pair of arms is configured to orient the plurality of caps to the plurality of containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Robert B. Seebeger, Frank M. Knafelc, Ronald E. Heiskell, Kenneth T. Felipe
  • In-line capping machine
    Patent number: 5918442
    Abstract: A straight line capping machine is provided that wherein the cap tightening discs and the container grasping mechanism are synchronized to a predetermined relationship so as to prevent cocked caps, loose caps and/or scuffed caps. In particular, the mechanisms are synchronized to ensure that the tangential velocity of the rear cap tightening disc minus the tangential velocity of the front cap tightening disc is about twice the predetermined velocity of the container passing through the capping machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Thomas Gerret Dewees, Orice Darlington, Jerry A. Volponi, Raymond W. Harold, Kenneth T. Felipe, Lee Griffey, Carl L. Bishop, Ronald E. Heiskell
  • In-line capping machine
    Patent number: 5669209
    Abstract: A straight line capping machine is provided that wherein the cap tightening discs and the container grasping mechanism are synchronized to a predetermined relationship so as to prevent cocked caps, loose caps and/or scuffed caps. In particular, the mechanisms are synchronized to ensure that the tangential velocity of the rear cap tightening disc minus the tangential velocity of the front cap tightening disc is about twice the predetermined velocity of the container passing through the capping machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Thomas Gerret Dewees, Orice Darlington, Jerry A. Volponi, Raymond W. Harold, Kenneth T. Felipe, Lee Griffey, Ronald E. Heiskell