Patents by Inventor Lee A. Stone

Lee A. Stone 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).

  • Robotic strapping machine and method
    Patent number: 11987407
    Abstract: A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector and second end effector, each end effector mountable to a robotic arm and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Stone, Brian Rea, Jeffery Bell
  • ROBOTIC STRAPPING MACHINE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220089305
    Abstract: A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector and second end effector, each end effector mountable to a robotic arm and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Stone, Brian Rea, Jeffery Bell
  • Robotic strapping machine and method
    Patent number: 11142359
    Abstract: A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector (E1) and second end effector (E2), each end effector (E1,E2) mountable to a robotic arm (A1,A2) and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors (E1,E2) movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm (A1,A2) such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop (CH) through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Stone, Brian Rea, Jeffery Bell
  • ROBOTIC STRAPPING MACHINE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190291901
    Abstract: A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector (E1) and second end effector (E2), each end effector (E1,E2) mountable to a robotic arm (A1,A2) and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors (E1,E2) movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm (A1,A2) such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop (CH) through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Stone, Brian Rea, Jeffery Bell