Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas Pamperin

Mark Thomas Pamperin 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: 11059690
    Abstract: An automated method and system for stacking and loading wrapped or unwrapped facemasks into a carton in a facemask production line includes conveying individual wrapped facemasks in a continuous stream to a stacking location. At the stacking location, the facemasks are deposited into a vertical accumulator such that the facemasks are stacked in the accumulator. Upon reaching a predetermined fill level of facemasks in the accumulator, a bottom retainer in the accumulator is opened such that the stacked facemasks drop into a carton placed below the accumulator. Upon opening the bottom retainer, a mid-level retainer is actuated in the accumulator that captures facemasks that continue to be deposited into the accumulator at an intermediate height above the bottom retainer. The bottom retainer is closed after the stacked facemasks drop into the carton, and the mid-level retainer is then opened such that the facemasks captured by the mid-level retainer drop onto the bottom retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde
  • Patent number: 10913559
    Abstract: An automated method and system for stacking and loading wrapped facemasks into a carton in a facemask production line include conveying individual wrapped facemasks to a delivery location adjacent to a rotary wheel, the rotary wheel conveyor having individual pick-up devices spaced around a circumference thereof. Each wrapped facemask is picked-up with a respective pick-up device on the rotary wheel conveyor and transported to a first carton staging area at a first location on the circumference of the rotary wheel. At the first staging area, the facemasks are released from the rotary wheel conveyor and deposited into a carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber
  • Patent number: 10882715
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for splicing a reserve nose wire to a running nose wire in a facemask production line. Prior to depletion of the running nose wire, a reserve nose wire is brought up to a transport speed in a conveying direction of the running nose wire. At or near a zero relative speed between the running nose wire and the reserve nose wire, a leading end of the reserve nose wire is introduced onto the running nose wire, and the two wires are spliced together. The running nose wire is then cut upstream of the splice location such that the reserve nose wire becomes a new running nose wire in the production line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington
  • Patent number: 10828842
    Abstract: A method and associated system for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line include supplying a continuous wire from a supply source to a cutting station where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. The nose wires are then conveyed to a treatment station prior to being deposited onto a carrier web. At the treatment station, a surface treatment is performed on a side of the nose wires that results in an increased surface attachment of the nose wires to the carrier web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde
  • Patent number: 10786020
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for placing nose wires in a facemask production line. A supply of individual pre-cut nose wires are supplied to a dispenser in the production line. With the dispenser, the nose wires are metered at a defined spacing and orientation onto a running carrier web that is conveyed past the dispenser. The carrier web and nose wires deposited thereon are conveyed to a folding station wherein a binder web is folded over an edge of the carrier web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the binder web and the carrier web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin
  • Publication number: 20200189777
    Abstract: An automated method and system for stacking and loading wrapped or unwrapped facemasks into a carton in a facemask production line includes conveying individual wrapped facemasks in a continuous stream to a stacking location. At the stacking location, the facemasks are deposited into a vertical accumulator such that the facemasks are stacked in the accumulator. Upon reaching a predetermined fill level of facemasks in the accumulator, a bottom retainer in the accumulator is opened such that the stacked facemasks drop into a carton placed below the accumulator. Upon opening the bottom retainer, a mid-level retainer is actuated in the accumulator that captures facemasks that continue to be deposited into the accumulator at an intermediate height above the bottom retainer. The bottom retainer is closed after the stacked facemasks drop into the carton, and the mid-level retainer is then opened such that the facemasks captured by the mid-level retainer drop onto the bottom retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Jospeh P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde
  • Patent number: 10494221
    Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for splicing a reserve nose wire to a running nose wire in a facemask production line, wherein the running nose wire is supplied continuously from a supply roll. Prior to depletion of the running nose wire, the supply roll is moved from an operating location to an intermediate location that is further from the production line while continuing to supply the running nose wire from the supply roll. The supply roll is then moved from the intermediate location back towards the production line while decelerating the supply roll to a stop, thereby creating an accumulation of the running wire functionally between the supply roll and the production line. With the supply roll at a stop, the running nose wire is continuously supplied from the accumulation and a leading end of a reserve roll of nose wire is spliced to the running nose wire at a location upstream of the accumulation where the running nose wire is at a standstill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin
  • Patent number: 10492547
    Abstract: A method and associated method are provided or introducing a supply of reserve nose wires in a facemask production line prior to depletion of running nose wires in the production line. A first nose wire source and first cutter system are provided for supplying the running nose wires to the production line. A reserve nose wire source and second cutter system are staged in a stand-by state proximate to the first nose wire source. Prior to depletion of the first nose wire source, the reserve nose wire source and second cutter system are brought up to an operational speed while diverting nose wires from the second cutter system away from the production line. At operational speed of the reserve nose wire source and second cutter system, nose wires from the second cutter system are diverted to the production line while diverting nose wires from the first cutter system away from the production line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris
  • Patent number: 10227202
    Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a supply source to a cutting station in the facemask production line where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. A first web is conveyed to a vacuum conveyor, and the individual nose wires are deposited from the cutting station onto the vacuum conveyor such that the nose wires are drawn by vacuum against the first web at a defined spacing and orientation. With the vacuum conveyor, the first web and attached nose wires are conveyed to a folding station wherein the first web and nose wires are combined with a second web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the first and second webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington
  • Publication number: 20180354743
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for splicing a reserve nose wire to a running nose wire in a facemask production line. Prior to depletion of the running nose wire, a reserve nose wire is brought up to a transport speed in a conveying direction of the running nose wire. At or near a zero relative speed between the running nose wire and the reserve nose wire, a leading end of the reserve nose wire is introduced onto the running nose wire, and the two wires are spliced together. The running nose wire is then cut upstream of the splice location such that the reserve nose wire becomes a new running nose wire in the production line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington
  • Patent number: 10143246
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a source to a cutting station in the production line. At the cutting station, the wire is engaged with a set of driven feed rollers that advance the wire at a first speed to a cutting roller, wherein the wire is cut into individual nose wires. The individual nose wires from the cutting roller are then engaged by a set of delivery rollers to deposit the individual nose wires onto a running carrier web. The delivery rollers are independently driven relative to the feed rollers and cutting roller such that the nose wires from the cutting roller are initially accelerated and transported away from the cutting roller at a second speed that is greater than the first speed and then decelerated and moved onto the carrier web at a third speed that is less than the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber
  • Publication number: 20180311905
    Abstract: A method and associated system for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line include supplying a continuous wire from a supply source to a cutting station where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. The nose wires are then conveyed to a treatment station prior to being deposited onto a carrier web. At the treatment station, a surface treatment is performed on a side of the nose wires that results in an increased surface attachment of the nose wires to the carrier web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde
  • Publication number: 20180312368
    Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for splicing a reserve nose wire to a running nose wire in a facemask production line, wherein the running nose wire is supplied continuously from a supply roll. Prior to depletion of the running nose wire, the supply roll is moved from an operating location to an intermediate location that is further from the production line while continuing to supply the running nose wire from the supply roll. The supply roll is then moved from the intermediate location back towards the production line while decelerating the supply roll to a stop, thereby creating an accumulation of the running wire functionally between the supply roll and the production line. With the supply roll at a stop, the running nose wire is continuously supplied from the accumulation and a leading end of a reserve roll of nose wire is spliced to the running nose wire at a location upstream of the accumulation where the running nose wire is at a standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin
  • Publication number: 20180305046
    Abstract: An automated method and system for stacking and loading wrapped facemasks into a carton in a facemask production line include conveying individual wrapped facemasks to a delivery location adjacent to a rotary wheel, the rotary wheel conveyor having individual pick-up devices spaced around a circumference thereof. Each wrapped facemask is picked-up with a respective pick-up device on the rotary wheel conveyor and transported to a first carton staging area at a first location on the circumference of the rotary wheel. At the first staging area, the facemasks are released from the rotary wheel conveyor and deposited into a carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber
  • Publication number: 20180295906
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for placing nose wires in a facemask production line. A supply of individual pre-cut nose wires are supplied to a dispenser in the production line. With the dispenser, the nose wires are metered at a defined spacing and orientation onto a running carrier web that is conveyed past the dispenser. The carrier web and nose wires deposited thereon are conveyed to a folding station wherein a binder web is folded over an edge of the carrier web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the binder web and the carrier web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan Craig Harris, Jospeh P. Weber, Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin
  • Publication number: 20180208426
    Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a supply source to a cutting station in the facemask production line where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. A first web is conveyed to a vacuum conveyor, and the individual nose wires are deposited from the cutting station onto the vacuum conveyor such that the nose wires are drawn by vacuum against the first web at a defined spacing and orientation. With the vacuum conveyor, the first web and attached nose wires are conveyed to a folding station wherein the first web and nose wires are combined with a second web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the first and second webs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Thomas PAMPERIN, Nathan Craig HARRIS, Joseph P. WEBER, Ajay Y. HOUDE, David Lamar HARRINGTON
  • Publication number: 20180206562
    Abstract: A method and associated method are provided or introducing a supply of reserve nose wires in a facemask production line prior to depletion of running nose wires in the production line. A first nose wire source and first cutter system are provided for supplying the running nose wires to the production line. A reserve nose wire source and second cutter system are staged in a stand-by state proximate to the first nose wire source. Prior to depletion of the first nose wire source, the reserve nose wire source and second cutter system are brought up to an operational speed while diverting nose wires from the second cutter system away from the production line. At operational speed of the reserve nose wire source and second cutter system, nose wires from the second cutter system are diverted to the production line while diverting nose wires from the first cutter system away from the production line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph P. WEBER, Ajay Y. HOUDE, David Lamar HARRINGTON, Mark Thomas PAMPERIN, Nathan Craig HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20180042315
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a source to a cutting station in the production line. At the cutting station, the wire is engaged with a set of driven feed rollers that advance the wire at a first speed to a cutting roller, wherein the wire is cut into individual nose wires. The individual nose wires from the cutting roller are then engaged by a set of delivery rollers to deposit the individual nose wires onto a running carrier web. The delivery rollers are independently driven relative to the feed rollers and cutting roller such that the nose wires from the cutting roller are initially accelerated and transported away from the cutting roller at a second speed that is greater than the first speed and then decelerated and moved onto the carrier web at a third speed that is less than the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ajay Y. Houde, David Lamar Harrington, Mark Thomas Pamperin, Nathan Craig Harris, Joseph P. Weber