John B Massey

US Patent:

42047889, May 27, 1980

Filed:

Jul 31, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/929579

Inventors:

John P. Massey - Clarendon Hills IL

International Classification:

B65B 3540

US Classification:

414 21

Abstract:

A material handling device for aligning a stock of articles such as steel bars, pipe or tubing in open-ended trays or like containers for storage. The device supports a container filled with stock between a pair of squaring heads which are drawn together to contact the ends of the stock extending beyond the ends of the container. The stock is shifted in the container until the squaring heads squeeze the articles therebetween. The squaring heads are then returned to a rest position to await the next squaring cycle.

US Patent:

40119351, Mar 15, 1977

Filed:

Sep 8, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/611146

Inventors:

John P. Massey - Clarendon Hills IL

International Classification:

B65G 4764

US Classification:

198365

Abstract:

A combined sorter and conveyor for articles of considerable bulk or weight, characterized by tandem sections articulated for movement between conveying position and discharge position; shock absorber means cushion the attainment of both positions but offer no resistance during initial movement from one position to the other.

US Patent:

53496442, Sep 20, 1994

Filed:

Dec 1, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/159692

Inventors:

John Massey - Fairfax VA
Garland R. Granzow - Leesburg VA

Assignee:

Electronic Innovators, Inc. - Fairfax VA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

395200

Abstract:

A distributed artificial intelligence data acquisition and equipment control system forms a local area network (LAN) over the AC power lines of a vessel for communicating shipboard engineering casualty and damage control information. Each node in the LAN includes a power line carrier current (PLCC) transceiver, a slave processing unit for interfacing with local sensors or equipment and a master processing unit for controlling the formation, transmission and reception of offset-quadrature-phase-shift-keyed (OQPSK) LAN messages. Nodes in the LAN are strategically positioned at various locations throughout the ship and are configured to function either as a Terminal Unit or as a Data & Control Unit. Terminal Units are equipped with a touch screen display and an intelligent controller that provides a user-friendly interactive operator interface through a series of display screen prompts and includes a data base of ship casualty and damage control information stored in a local non-volatile random access memory. The data base, containing both archived and current data, is maintained and constantly updated by each terminal unit in response to information acquired both locally and from other nodes in the LAN.