Patents by Inventor Vincent C. Kieffer

Vincent C. Kieffer 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: 10946990
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for seaming containers are described herein. The canning system can include a seamer assembly and a seamer controller. The seamer assembly includes a load cell assembly which weighs the containers and communicates with the seamer controller to determine if the container is to have a lid seamed onto the container based on the satisfaction of a predetermined weight criteria. The seamer controller is designed to receive weight measurements of the container, determine a weight criteria and whether the container has satisfied the weight criteria, command the seamer assembly whether to seam a lid to the container based on the satisfaction of the weight criteria, and send a command to the reject station to remove the container if the weight criteria is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ALPHA BREWING OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Matthew Rennerfeldt, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 10287040
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for seaming containers are described herein. The canning system can include a seamer assembly and a seamer controller. The seamer assembly includes a load cell assembly which weighs the containers and communicates with the seamer controller to determine if the container is to have a lid seamed onto the container based on the satisfaction of a predetermined weight criteria. The seamer controller is designed to receive weight measurements of the container, determine a weight criteria and whether the container has satisfied the weight criteria, command the seamer assembly whether to seam a lid to the container based on the satisfaction of the weight criteria, and send a command to the reject station to remove the container if the weight criteria is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA BREWING OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Matthew Rennerfeldt, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Publication number: 20190031376
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for seaming containers are described herein. The canning system can include a seamer assembly and a seamer controller. The seamer assembly includes a load cell assembly which weighs the containers and communicates with the seamer controller to determine if the container is to have a lid seamed onto the container based on the satisfaction of a predetermined weight criteria. The seamer controller is designed to receive weight measurements of the container, determine a weight criteria and whether the container has satisfied the weight criteria, command the seamer assembly whether to seam a lid to the container based on the satisfaction of the weight criteria, and send a command to the reject station to remove the container if the weight criteria is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Rennerfeldt, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Publication number: 20190031377
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for seaming containers are described herein. The canning system can include a seamer assembly and a seamer controller. The seamer assembly includes a load cell assembly which weighs the containers and communicates with the seamer controller to determine if the container is to have a lid seamed onto the container based on the satisfaction of a predetermined weight criteria. The seamer controller is designed to receive weight measurements of the container, determine a weight criteria and whether the container has satisfied the weight criteria, command the seamer assembly whether to seam a lid to the container based on the satisfaction of the weight criteria, and send a command to the reject station to remove the container if the weight criteria is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Rennerfeldt, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 6341517
    Abstract: A wire bending device includes an upright frame and a wire feed hopper for dispensing wire rods. A wire bending section is mounted on the frame, and at least one transport arm is pivotally mounted on the frame, the transport arm operative to transport wire rods from the hopper to the wire bending section. The wire bending section includes a wire securement device mounted on the frame, the rotatable wire securement device operative to secure one end of a wire rod and rotate the wire rod about its longitudinal central axis and a wire bending unit movably mounted on the frame. The wire bending unit includes a wire bend head aligned with the center longitudinal axis of the rotatable wire securement device, the wire bending unit adapted to move on the frame such that the wire bend head remains aligned with the center longitudinal axis of the rotatable wire securement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Waitt/Fremont Machine L.L.C.
    Inventors: David J. Benes, Delmar D. Kosch, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Publication number: 20010001368
    Abstract: A wire bending device includes an upright frame and a wire feed hopper for dispensing wire rods. A wire bending section is mounted on the frame, and at least one transport arm is pivotally mounted on the frame, the transport arm operative to transport wire rods from the hopper to the wire bending section. The wire bending section includes a wire securement device mounted on the frame, the rotatable wire securement device operative to secure one end of a wire rod and rotate the wire rod about its longitudinal central axis and a wire bending unit movably mounted on the frame. The wire bending unit includes a wire bend head aligned with the center longitudinal axis of the rotatable wire securement device, the wire bending unit adapted to move on the frame such that the wire bend head remains aligned with the center longitudinal axis of the rotatable wire securement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Inventors: David Benes, Delmar D. Kosch, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 6230535
    Abstract: A wire bending device includes an upright frame and a wire feed hopper for dispensing wire rods. A wire bending section is mounted on the frame, and at least one transport arm is pivotally mounted on the frame, the transport arm operative to transport wire rods from the hopper to the wire bending section. The wire bending section includes a wire securernent device mounted on the frame, the rotatable wire securement device operative to secure one end of a wire rod and rotate the wire rod about its longitudinal central axis and a wire bending unit movably mounted on this frame. The wire bending unit includes a wire bend head aligned with the center longitudinal axis of the rotatable wire securement device, the wire bending unit adapted to move on the frame such that the wire bend head remains aligned with the center longitudinal axis of the rotatable wire securement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Waitt/Fremont Machine L.L.C.
    Inventors: David J. Benes, Delmar D. Kosch, Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 5345986
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for use with a router guide plate adapted to be secured to the underside of the router, the router guide plate including guide pins, the apparatus including a base platform having top and bottom surfaces, and a guide pin receiving channel mounted on the top surface of the base platform, the channel adapted to receive and guide the guide pins on the router guide plates. Stop blocks are mounted on the base platform adjacent the channel for preventing advance of the router guide plate beyond a predetermined point and an alignment bar is adjustably and removably mounted on the bottom surface of the base platform, the alignment bar being operative to align a piece of wood to be routed relative to the guide pin receiving channel.The method includes steps of providing the above described apparatus and positioning the base platform adjacent the work face of a work piece such that the bottom surface of the base platform is at least partially overlying the outer surface of the work place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Inventor: Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 4294297
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for guiding a router bit relative to a guide surface on a workpiece includes a pair of guide pins adapted to be supported in generally fixed relation to the router bit and in spaced-apart relation from one another and the router bit. The guide pins are maintained in continuous engagement with the guide surface of the workpiece and moved therealong while the router bit cuts into the face of the workpiece to form a routed line thereon. In one embodiment, the guide pins are secured to the underside of the router tool at positions spaced apart from one another and radially spaced from the router bit protruding from the underside of the tool so that the router tool may be guided along the workpiece by the continuous engagement of the guide pins with the guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Inventor: Vincent C. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 4260040
    Abstract: A sawhorse having a crossbar and support legs at each end of the crossbar is provided with a workpiece support member supported on the sawhorse at a position laterally offset from the crossbar and at least as high as the crossbar. A second workpiece support member may be arranged on the opposite side of the crossbar and third and fourth workpiece support members may be provided in longitudinally spaced relation from the first and second workpiece support members respectively. The workpiece support members may have flat top surfaces disposed in a common plane situated higher than the crossbar so that a workpiece supported thereon may be cut along a line directed between the workpiece support members and either parallel to or perpendicular to the sawhorse crossbar with both cut portions of the workpiece supported on the workpiece support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Inventor: Vincent C. Kieffer