John Dillard Wilkins

US Patent:

20110162151, Jul 7, 2011

Filed:

Jan 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/013845

Inventors:

Nalini Chawla - Mason OH, US
Karla Mishell Sanchez - Cincinnati OH, US
Lauren Eisenmenger - Cincinnati OH, US
Tom Collins - Mason OH, US
John Charles Wilkins - Bellevue OH, US

International Classification:

D06L 1/16
B67D 7/06

US Classification:

8137, 222566, 222192

Abstract:

A detergent dispensing cap for pre-treating a stained fabric. The cap can have a pour volume sized and dimensioned to provide for a unit dose of the detergent composition. A portion of the cap can be provided with surface irregularities for scrubbing a stain.

US Patent:

20110179586, Jul 28, 2011

Filed:

Jan 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/013891

Inventors:

Nalini Chawla - Mason OH, US
Karla Mishell Sanchez - Cincinnati OH, US
Lauren Eisenmenger - Cincinnati OH, US
Tom Collins - Mason OH, US
John Charles Wilkins - Bellevue KY, US

International Classification:

B65D 51/32
D06L 1/00

US Classification:

8137, 220212

Abstract:

A detergent dispensing cap for pre-treating a stained fabric. The cap can have a pour volume sized and dimensioned to provide for a unit dose of the detergent composition. A portion of the cap can be provided with surface irregularities for scrubbing a stain.

US Patent:

20110179587, Jul 28, 2011

Filed:

Jan 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/013991

Inventors:

Nalini Chawla - Mason OH, US
Karla Mishell Sanchez - Cincinnati OH, US
Lauren Eisenmenger - Cincinnati OH, US
Tom Collins - Mason OH, US
John Charles Wilkins - Bellevue KY, US

International Classification:

B65D 51/32
D06L 1/00

US Classification:

8137, 220212

Abstract:

A detergent dispensing cap for pre-treating a stained fabric. The cap can have a pour volume sized and dimensioned to provide for a unit dose of the detergent composition. A portion of the cap can be provided with surface irregularities for scrubbing a stain.

US Patent:

58685499, Feb 9, 1999

Filed:

Aug 29, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/920575

Inventors:

M. Horace Lee - Wetumpka AL
Phillip W. Edwards - Montgomery AL
Paul A. Davis - Elmore AL
John J. Wilkins - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

HK Systems, Inc. - New Berlin WI

International Classification:

B65G 5724

US Classification:

4147916

Abstract:

A palletizer has an improved slide plate assembly and an improved indexing hoist. The slide plate assembly incorporates measures to reduce friction between it and the bags or other articles being handled by it. The orientation of the slide plates of the assembly are altered ninety degrees with respect to traditional slide plate orientation to eliminate the deadplate encountered by articles sliding along the slide plates. An air assist mechanism also is incorporated into the slide plate assembly to produce an air cushion between the articles and the top surface of the slide plates. The hoist, which is designed to index upwardly after receiving a layer of articles to compress that layer against the bottom surface of the slide plate assembly to flatten the articles and to force air out of them, incorporates an improved controller that causes the hoist to assuredly impart the desired compressive force to the articles without over-compressing the articles or overloading the hoist's lift motor.

US Patent:

55822878, Dec 10, 1996

Filed:

Dec 10, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/989494

Inventors:

Martin A. Heit - Cincinnati OH
John J. Wilkins - Cincinnati OH
William C. Rau - Florence KY

Assignee:

Western Atlas, Inc. - Hebron KY

International Classification:

B65G 1307

US Classification:

19880301

Abstract:

A zero-pressure accumulating conveyor including a bed defined by rotatable rollers mounted in parallel sidewalls and powered by an endless drive chain. Pneumatic actuators lift the drive chain into engagement with the rollers to empower same. Sensor rollers divide the bed into distinct zones. Sensor rollers are retained in operative position relative to the conveyor bed by unique sensor brackets. A primary sensor roller bracket includes a bore with a piston movable there within; the cooperating secondary sensor roller bracket is spring biased in a first direction. Valves, and pneumatic circuitry controlled by such valves, extend along the length of the conveyor. Such valves are operated by the primary sensor roller brackets to regulate the flow of air pressure into the bores of the brackets and into the actuators. The actuators, when the pressure therein is bled-off, allow the chain in a particular zone to drop out of contact with the rotatable rollers. When the bore in the primary sensor roller bracket is pressurized, the bracket moves in an arc that forces the sensor roller below the plane of the conveyor.

US Patent:

44166508, Nov 22, 1983

Filed:

Jun 26, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/277768

Inventors:

John J. Wilkins - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The E.W. Buschman Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

F16H 5530
F16H 5512

US Classification:

474161

Abstract:

A drive wheel and sprocket assembly for use in the power transmission of a conveyor device such as a roller conveyor comprises a drive wheel which is mounted on the hub of a sprocket assembly. The drive wheel mounts the hub with a modified spline connection in which a plurality of radially overhanging teeth on the drive wheel are resiliently interlocked with shoulders formed in the assembly hub. In a preferred embodiment, the drive wheel is molded of polyurethane.

US Patent:

59711337, Oct 26, 1999

Filed:

May 8, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/853340

Inventors:

John J. Wilkins - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

HK Systems, Inc. - New Berlin WI

International Classification:

B65G 4746

US Classification:

19837009

Abstract:

A diverter is capable of selectively and alternatively operating in an in-line mode in which it conveys articles along a primary conveyor and in a diverting mode in which it swivels and pops-up to smoothly ramp articles vertically from the primary conveyor and to divert the articles at an angle from the primary conveyor and onto a secondary conveyor or the like. In addition to popping-up and swiveling, the diverter helps to turn the diverted article onto the secondary conveyor by conveying one side of the article faster than the other side. The diverter includes a plurality of laterally spaced diverter wheel assemblies each of which can be swiveled from an in-line orientation to a skewed orientation. The outer peripheral surfaces of the diverter wheels run at the primary conveyor's in-line speed when the diverter wheels are in their in-line orientation and change speeds when the diverter wheels swivel to their skewed orientation so that their speeds increase progressively from wheel-to-wheel as one moves laterally across the diverter to create a speed differential across the primary conveyor. Speed changeover is effected via a multi-grooved spool coupled to the diverter wheel by an O-ring belt.

US Patent:

61263834, Oct 3, 2000

Filed:

Jun 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/094098

Inventors:

Joseph F. Franklin - Montgomery AL
Antonio Martinez - Montgomery AL
John D. Perez - Wetumpka AL
Cynthia E. Reinhardt - Fort Deposit AL
John Wilkins - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

HK Systems, Inc. - New Berlin WI

International Classification:

B65G 5722

US Classification:

414792

Abstract:

An article turner assembly for use with an article handling system such as a palletizer. The article turner assembly selectively turns articles conveyed in a single lane along a particular path so that each article may be turned or not as it is conveyed along that path. The article turner assembly includes a conveyor mechanism, an article turner, and a selector mechanism that acts on either the article turner itself, the conveyed articles, or both. The article turner is designed so that articles are turned without impact against their front or side surfaces or a reduction in their speed. The article turner includes two or more adjacent conveyors, which are run with a speed differential to turn articles. The orientation of and spacing between the conveyors can be adjusted to accommodate articles of different sizes and/or weights. The article turner assembly is well-suited for use with high speed palletizers because it can help form patterns of virtually any desired configuration at very high speeds.

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0198150245

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0521036208

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0521812429

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0394726855

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0631235507

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0631235515

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0714616184

Author:

John Wilkins

ISBN #:

0715630458