Patents by Inventor Kevin D. Lilly

Kevin D. Lilly 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: 5200702
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for sequential provision of a series of similarly configured objects to and from a proximal location such as a device for testing those objects. The objects are provided in a gravity-fed stack to a changer that includes a container, a holder slidably disposed in that container and configured to hold a limited number (such as one) of the objects, and a mover or driver for transporting the holder repeatedly between first and second positions within the container. In the first position, the holder is disposed under the stack of objects being fed to receive one of those objects. In the other position, the holder is positioned to gravity feed the object to the proximal location where the object is to be utilized. The holder can be configured with a single space, or with double parallel spaces, each of which can receive one object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Bruker Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin D. Lilly, David G. Cory