Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas PODVIN

Mark Thomas PODVIN 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).

  • Touchless lid dispenser apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10366560
    Abstract: A lid dispensing system includes a housing, a sensor, and a dispenser. The sensor senses objects outside the housing. Once sensed, a dispenser within the housing coveys a lid outside the housing. A method for dispensing lids is also disclosed. The method includes sensing objects outside a housing, separating a lid from a stack of lids, and conveying lids to a position outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Dan & O'B Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Weber, John Joseph Jancsek, Mark Thomas Podvin, Matthew Lawrence Stoffel
  • TOUCHELSS LID DISPENSER APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190221067
    Abstract: A lid dispensing system includes a housing, and a cartridge for holding a plurality of lids. The cartridge includes an engagement mechanism for attaching the cartridge to the housing. The lid dispensing system also includes an apparatus for picking a single lid from the stack of lids held by the cartridge, and dispensing the single lid to a dispensing position within the housing. The dispensing position accessible from the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel J. Weber, John Joseph Jancsek, Mark Thomas Podvin, Matthew Lawrence Stoffel, Marc Thomas McCauley, Jesse Robert Hahne, Thomas Christopher Coy
  • TOUCHLESS LID DISPENSER APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160113414
    Abstract: A lid dispensing system includes a housing, a sensor, and a dispenser. The sensor senses objects outside the housing. Once sensed, a dispenser within the housing coveys a lid outside the housing. A method for dispensing lids is also disclosed. The method includes sensing objects outside a housing, separating a lid from a stack of lids, and conveying lids to a position outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Dan & O'B Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. WEBER, John Joseph JANCSEK, Mark Thomas PODVIN, Mattthew Lawrence STOFFEL