Robert A Jacob

US Patent:

8453420, Jun 4, 2013

Filed:

Mar 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/659714

Inventors:

Daniel Schmidt - Arlington Heights IL, US
Robert Jacob - Arlington Heights IL, US
Thomas Mutch - Le Sueur MN, US
Petar Isaev - St. Leonard, CA
Stephen G. Forrest - Quebec, CA

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B65B 53/00

US Classification:

53441, 53556

Abstract:

A film wrapping machine or apparatus wherein various operational conditions and data can be detected, determined, and subsequently utilized for diagnostic, operational performance, and safety characteristics, as well as for implementing improvements in operational performance so as to not only achieve optimal or predetermined performance characteristics but to also achieve economical usage of the wrapping or packaging film.

US Patent:

20210164650, Jun 3, 2021

Filed:

Feb 11, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/174185

Inventors:

- Elgin IL, US
Richard H. Van Camp - Aurora IL, US
Theodore James Chmiola - Roscoe IL, US
Brent James Carlson - Watertown WI, US
Robert Edward Jacob - Watertown WI, US

International Classification:

F23D 14/60
F23D 14/08
F23D 23/00
A21B 1/48
F23N 1/02
F23N 1/00
A21B 1/33
F23N 1/10
A21B 1/40
F24C 3/12

Abstract:

A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.

US Patent:

20190113229, Apr 18, 2019

Filed:

Dec 12, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/218294

Inventors:

- Elgin IL, US
Richard H. Van Camp - Aurora IL, US
Theodore James Chmiola - Roscoe IL, US
Brent James Carlson - Watertown WI, US
Robert Edward Jacob - Watertown WI, US

International Classification:

F23D 14/60
F23D 14/08
F24C 3/12
F23D 23/00
A21B 1/48
A21B 1/40

Abstract:

A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.