Patents by Inventor Neil Albert Zumberger

Neil Albert Zumberger 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).

  • Can Liner System and Re-Stacker Assembly Therefor
    Publication number: 20240043259
    Abstract: A re-stacker assembly used to stack container closures that are output by a can liner system includes at least one offloading assembly having a receiving portion, at least one loading device coupled to the offloading assembly, and a motion control system for detecting motion of the container closures and, in response to detecting such motion, driving the loading device to stack, or re-stack, the container closures in a predetermined manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Bryan Lee Schoenlein, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
  • Liner and rotary tank assembly therefor
    Patent number: 11484895
    Abstract: A rotary tank assembly is provided for a liner. The liner is structured to apply a compound to a plurality of container closures. The rotary tank assembly includes a compound tank, a fill tube structured to fill the tank with a volume of the compound to a desired level, a sensor assembly adapted to measure the level of the compound within the compound tank, and a rotary union assembly structured to pivotably couple the fill tube and the sensor assembly to the compound tank. The sensor assembly only requires one single probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen, Bryan Lee Schoenlein
  • LINER AND ROTARY TANK ASSEMBLY THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20220241802
    Abstract: A rotary tank assembly is provided for a liner. The liner is structured to apply a compound to a plurality of container closures. The rotary tank assembly includes a compound tank, a fill tube structured to fill the tank with a volume of said compound to a desired level, a sensor assembly adapted to measure the level of said compound within the compound tank, and a rotary union assembly structured to pivotally couple the fill tube and the sensor assembly to the compound tank. The sensor assembly only requires one single probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen, Bryan Lee Schoenlein
  • Liner and load assembly therefor
    Patent number: 11254517
    Abstract: A load assembly includes a supply mechanism structured to supply a plurality of container closures, and a conveyance assembly comprising a star wheel including a number of load pockets structured to receive the container closures and move the container closures from the supply mechanism to a processing assembly. The star wheel has an outer perimeter. Each of the load pockets is structured to receive a corresponding one of the container closures inboard of the outer perimeter of the star wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
  • Star wheel
    Patent number: D990399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
  • Star wheel
    Patent number: D1010269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Steven Todd Albright, Dennis Cornelius Stammen