Patents by Inventor Kyle C. Vine

Kyle C. Vine 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).

  • Method for handling elongate products
    Patent number: 5340269
    Abstract: Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on their sides. The canisters are mounted in an "L" configuration which toggles back and forth through a 90 degree rotation presenting each canister first in a vertical position to receive product from the receptacle and then in a horizontal position to release product via the clamshell doors into a pocket such as a timing hopper, or a paperboard tray carried by a conveyor to a packaging machine. Interlocks are provided to preclude release of the product or movement of the conveyor when synchronization is lost with respect to either the weighing or packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Heat and Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Caridis, John Cranfield, Kyle C. Vine
  • Apparatus for handling elongated products
    Patent number: 5330304
    Abstract: Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on their sides. The canisters are mounted in an "L" configuration which toggles back and forth through a 90 degree rotation presenting each canister first in a vertical position to receive product from the receptacle and then in a horizontal position to release product via the clamshell doors into a pocket such as a timing hopper, or a paperboard tray carried by a conveyor to a packaging machine. Interlocks are provided to preclude release of the product or movement of the conveyor when synchronization is lost with respect to either the weighing or packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Heat and Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Ceridis, John Cranfield, Kyle C. Vine
  • Apparatus for handling elongate products
    Patent number: 5277533
    Abstract: Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on their sides. The canisters are mounted in an "L" configuration which toggles back and forth through a 90 degree rotation presenting each canister first in a vertical position to receive product from the receptacle and then in a horizontal position to release product via the clamshell doors into a pocket such as a timing hopper, or a paperboard tray carried by a conveyor to a packaging machine. Interlocks are provided to preclude release of the product or movement of the conveyor when synchronization is lost with respect to either the weighing or packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Heat and Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Caridis, John Cranfield, Kyle C. Vine