Patents by Inventor Wiley Holcombe

Wiley Holcombe 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).

  • Passive systems and methods for shackling products
    Patent number: 8328605
    Abstract: A passive system, apparatus, and method for transferring poultry products exiting the chiller to a cone or shackle line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Gary V. McMurray, Jonathan Frank Holmes, Wiley Holcombe
  • Passive Systems And Methods For Shackling Products
    Publication number: 20110136422
    Abstract: A passive system, apparatus, and method for transferring poultry products exiting the chiller to a cone or shackle line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Gary V. McMurray, Jonathan Frank Holmes, Wiley Holcombe
  • Automated yarn creeling device
    Patent number: 6260783
    Abstract: An automated yarn creeling method and apparatus for the textile industry. Preferably, the present yarn creeling system is used in the carpet tufting industry to automate, ultimately, the intelligent transfer of packages of yarn from the shipping pallets to the bullhorns of a creeler. The apparatus preferably comprises a service arm assembly, a vertical support, a base support, and automated weighing and control systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corp.
    Inventors: Mary Lynn Realff, Robert Braga, David Burrows, Eric Fuller, Erika Geist, Courtenay Glanville, Wiley Holcombe, Harvey Lipkin, Gary McMurray, Mark Sagers, Bernie Ulmer, Youjiang Wang