Patents by Inventor Sam Kerley

Sam Kerley 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: 10001445
    Abstract: Provided is a vision system for detecting a defect, including a conveyer belt configured to move at least one bottle through the vision system; a light emitting diode (LED) backlight configured to silhouette any dark contamination on a surface or inside the at least one bottle; a robot with a bottle gripper tooling, the robot configured to pick up the at least one bottle and rotate the at least one bottle; at least one camera configured to take pictures of the at least one bottle while the at least one bottle is being rotated; and a flipper arm configured to stop or allow the at least one bottle to move to a position where the robot picks up the at least one bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Ring Container Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Childress, Sam Kerley, Danny Wayne VanPelt