Patents by Inventor Scott McIlhagga

Scott McIlhagga 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).

  • High speed beverage dispensing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6669051
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the high speed dispensing of all beverages, and particularly carbonated beverages. The major elements of the device include a main flow control valve (3) coupled to a pressurized container (1) such as a beer keg, a positive shut-off filling nozzle (10), a pressure control valve (7) associated with the filling nozzle, and requisite control electronics and actuators to establish a dispenser operating sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Niagara Pump Corporation
    Inventors: Iver J. Phallen, Douglas N. Vogt, Robert Comfort, Richard J. Jezuit, Jr., David C. Messing, Scott McIlhagga, David J. Carroll
  • Net mass liquid filler
    Patent number: 5996650
    Abstract: Liquid filling apparatus and method of producing a fill or dose of a defined quantity of liquid based upon the mass of the liquid. In one embodiment, a servo motor driven rotary positive displacement pump is used to produce flow through a Coriolis mass flow meter to feed a positive shut-off filling nozzle, wherein mass flow data from the meter is used to control the servo motor-pump-nozzle to produce a precise fill dose of liquid based upon its mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Oden Corporation
    Inventors: Iver J. Phallen, Richard J. Jezuit, Jr., Robert Comfort, Scott McIlhagga, David J. Noworyta, Peter B. Millett, Jr.