Patents by Inventor Larry K. Kincaid

Larry K. Kincaid 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 and apparatus for conveying bottles
    Patent number: 5421678
    Abstract: Apparatus for conveying articles along a path of travel, the articles being of the type having an upper portion for being supported by the apparatus, a lower portion for being suspended from the apparatus and a low-angle transition portion therebetween, the apparatus comprising in combination a conveyor defining a path of travel along its length with neck rails for receiving the upper portions of the article to be conveyed, a pressure source operatively coupled to the conveyor to move the received articles to be conveyed, and control brushes coupled with respect to the conveyor along at least a portion of the path of travel to contact the lower portions of the bottles while being moved for providing a rearwardly directed angle to the articles to thereby abate the forward and rearward swinging of the articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Inventors: Samuel S. Aidlin, Stephen A. Aidlin, Alan Frank, Larry K. Kincaid, Robert Ledwith, Brent A. Murphy