Patents by Inventor William E. Roe

William E. Roe 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: 7837058
    Abstract: A product delivery system for a vending machine includes first and second guide rails and a carriage rail. The guide rails are fixedly mounted in the vending machine spaced from and parallel to each other and extend along respective first and second axes. The carriage rail extends along a third axis and includes first and second ends that are slidably connected to the respective ones of the first and second guide rails. A carrier member is slidably mounted to the carriage rail for movement along the third axis. A first drive belt is coupled to the carriage rail and a first drive motor to selectively shift the carrier member along the third axis. A second drive belt, extending in multiple axes, is connected to each of the first and second ends of the carriage rail and a second drive motor. The second drive motor selectively shifts the carriage rail along the first and second axes upon driving the second drive belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Alan Collins, Paul Hayward Kelly, Aron Phillip Lewis, Charles Wayne Percy, Joshua Robert Powell, William E. Roe
  • Patent number: 7784644
    Abstract: A vending machine includes first and second integrated dispensing systems mounted at front portions of adjacent product shelf dividers establishing at least first, second and third product queues. Each of the first and second dispensing systems includes first and second release mechanisms having a plurality of hinged plates supported by a frame. The plurality of hinged plates are selectively shifted into and out of corresponding ones of the first, second and third product queues, such that each product queue has associated therewith two opposing release mechanisms. Preferably, at least one of the first and second release mechanisms for each dispensing system includes a queue spacing member which is mounted to one of the hinged plates and projects into the product queue to establish a desired spacing between the release mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Dixie-Narco, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Albert, Dan Bowen, Bryan Alan Collins, Aron Phillip Lewis, Paul Miller, Charles Wayne Percy, John Robinson, William E. Roe, Russell Watts
  • Patent number: 5532767
    Abstract: A safety spectacle providing front and lateral impact protection. The spectacle includes a frame, a removable lens incorporating integrated upper and lower side shields connected to the frame by means of a nose bridge, and a pair of length and pantoscopic adjustable temples arm assemblies hingedly connected to the sides of the frames. The temple arm assemblies are adjustable lengthwise by earpieces which can be locked and unlocked into slots on an intermediate arm receptacle by means of a quarter turn barrel configuration. The temples are adjustable pantoscopically by means of a pair of semicircular arms, both of which are hinged at the front to the side of the frame between a pair of outward sloping walls and inserted at the rear into a threaded ferrule. One arm is threaded inside the ferrule and allowed to move in and out when the ferrule is rotated while the mating semicircular arm is stationary, thereby varying the angle of the temple within the sloped walls and thus the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Jackson Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Pleune, William E. Roe