Patents by Inventor Welton I. Davis

Welton I. Davis 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).

  • System and method for intelligent lens transfer
    Patent number: 6836692
    Abstract: In a processing facility comprising a plurality processing stations each for automatically conveying products in various stages of production for controlled processing, an intelligent product transfer and conveyance system that enables uninterrupted processing of only products determined as having passed a first inspection process at an upstream processing station. The intelligent product transfer and conveyance system for a processing facility ensures a continuous flow of a plurality of good products at sufficiently high speeds from an inspection process to subsequent stations for subsequent individualized packaging. The processing facility may comprise a contact lens manufacturing line for manufacturing spherical or toric type ophthalmic contact lens products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Leavitt, Welton I. Davis, III, Gregory Scott Duncan, Michael J. Strong, Marinus Franciscus Johannes Evers
  • System and method for intelligent lens transfer
    Publication number: 20030031540
    Abstract: In a processing facility comprising a plurality processing stations each for automatically conveying products in various stages of production for controlled processing, an intelligent product transfer and conveyance system that enables uninterrupted processing of only products determined as having passed a first inspection process at an upstream processing station. The intelligent product transfer and conveyance system for a processing facility ensures a continuous flow of a plurality of good products at sufficiently high speeds from an inspection process to subsequent stations for subsequent individualized packaging. The processing facility may comprise a contact lens manufacturing line for manufacturing spherical or toric type ophthalmic contact lens products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Richard W. Leavitt, Welton I. Davis, Gregory Scott Duncan, Michael J. Strong, Marinus Franciscus Johannes Evers