Charles Z Guthrie

US Patent:

7565785, Jul 28, 2009

Filed:

Sep 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/241394

Inventors:

John Richard Sink - Raleigh NC, US
Richard D. Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

Parata Systems, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

B67B 3/20

US Classification:

533315, 53287, 53317, 53329, 53335, 53367, 493383

Abstract:

A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing.

US Patent:

7581373, Sep 1, 2009

Filed:

Sep 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/241362

Inventors:

John Richard Sink - Raleigh NC, US
Richard D. Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

Parata Systems, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

B67B 1/06

US Classification:

53485, 53484, 53490, 53334, 53367

Abstract:

A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing.

US Patent:

7596932, Oct 6, 2009

Filed:

Feb 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/679850

Inventors:

John Richard Sink - Raleigh NC, US
Richard D. Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

Parata Systems, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

B67B 1/06

US Classification:

53485, 53484, 53490, 53334, 53367

Abstract:

A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing.

US Patent:

7735301, Jun 15, 2010

Filed:

Sep 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/241414

Inventors:

John Richard Sink - Raleigh NC, US
Richard D. Michelli - Raleigh NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

Parata Systems, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

B67B 1/06

US Classification:

53485, 53484, 53490, 53334, 53367

Abstract:

A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing.

US Patent:

8261936, Sep 11, 2012

Filed:

Nov 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/599526

Inventors:

Jody DuMond - Cary NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

Parata Systems, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

G07F 11/00

US Classification:

221 6, 221217, 221200, 221254, 221236, 221253, 221 7, 221211, 221252, 221261, 221 13, 198444, 1984592, 198443, 198453, 198399, 198397, 198408, 414414, 4147954

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing open-ended objects such as pharmaceutical vials includes: a housing having an internal cavity configured to house open-ended objects, the housing including a guide and a floor; a pick-up unit mounted to the housing, the pick-up unit including an endless member and at least one pick-up member attached to the endless member; and a drive unit. The endless member engages the drive unit and the guide for movement relative thereto. As the drive unit drives the endless member, the at least one pick-up member travels on a pick-up path, at least a portion of which is within the housing.

US Patent:

8444130, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Mar 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/732462

Inventors:

John Richard Sink - Raleigh NC, US
Richard D. Mitchelli - Raleigh NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

Parata Systems, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

B25B 5/04

US Classification:

269 86, 269 56, 269 71, 53317, 53335, 53367

Abstract:

A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing.

US Patent:

20120000928, Jan 5, 2012

Filed:

Sep 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/232345

Inventors:

Jody DuMond - Cary NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US
Demetris P. Young - Durham NC, US
George Raymond Abrams - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

B65G 59/00
B65D 83/00

US Classification:

221 1, 221253, 221200, 221202

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing open-ended objects such as pharmaceutical vials includes: a housing having an internal cavity configured to house open-ended objects, the housing including a guide and a floor; a pick-up unit mounted to the housing, the pick-up unit including an endless member and at least one pick-up member attached to the endless member; and a drive unit. The endless member engages the drive unit and the guide for movement relative thereto. As the drive unit drives the endless member, the at least one pick-up member travels on a pick-up path, at least a portion of which is within the housing.

US Patent:

20130037466, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/209107

Inventors:

Justin Schreiber - Raleigh NC, US
Charles H. Guthrie - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support - Saint-Maurice

International Classification:

C02F 3/02

US Classification:

210150

Abstract:

A biological wastewater treatment system includes a tank or reactor for holding and treating wastewater. Disposed in the tank or reservoir is an array of biofilm carriers for supporting biomass that remove pollutants and contaminates from the wastewater. A screen structure is mounted to the tank for screening treated wastewater flowing from the tank and preventing the biofilm carriers from being discharged from the tank. The screen structure includes a vertical screen made up of a plurality of screen modules disposed in side-by-side relationship and disposed upstream of an outlet formed in the tank. Further this screen structure may include a plurality of auxiliary screens that project form the vertical screen inwardly towards the interior area of the tank thereby providing increased screening area through which wastewater is discharged during a wastewater treatment process. The auxiliary screens include a screen area that extends around an open area and wherein wastewater passes through the screen area of the auxiliary screens into the interior area and from the interior area the wastewater passes through the plane of the vertical screen.