Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Holick

Stephen A. Holick 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).

  • Container return apparatus
    Patent number: 4241821
    Abstract: Apparatus for receiving used metallic containers and for dispensing a token or the like for the value of used containers received and comprising: a free fall passage structure for receiving the containers and for enabling free fall of a container therethrough; sensor apparatus associated with said free fall passage structure for determining the presence of an acceptable container in the said passage structure and for differentiating between an acceptable container and other unacceptable articles during free fall therethrough; separator gate controlled by said sensor apparatus during free fall for separating an acceptable container from other unacceptable articles; and dispensing apparatus operative in response to the presence and separation of an acceptable container for dispensing a token or the like for the value of the acceptable containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Coors Container Company
    Inventors: Samuel C. Wu, Stephen A. Holick, Robert A. Bottelsen