Samuel Rodriguez

US Patent:

50332511, Jul 23, 1991

Filed:

Nov 13, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/434744

Inventors:

Samuel Rodriguez - Norristown PA

Assignee:

McNeil-PPC, Inc. - Milltown NJ

International Classification:

B07B 1104
B65B 5710

US Classification:

53 54

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for automatically recovering product from a partially-filled multiple cavity package, such as a "blister" package, are disclosed. Automatic product recovery is necessary for reducing the cost associated with the partial filling of blister packages when mass producing products, such as pharmaceuticals, that are packaged together in units. A preferred embodiments of the invention comptises a feeler and an associated photoelectric switching device disposed so that the penetration of the feeler into an unfilled cavity causes the photoelectric switching device to actuate. The actuation of the photoelectric device triggers means for recovering product from the package. The recovering means comprises air jets for dislodging the product from the package, a holding vessel, and a vacuum for transferring the product into the holding vessel. If timed recovery is desired, a microprocessor circuit for automatically triggering the recovering means at a predetermined time, is also provided.

US Patent:

20210347226, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

May 7, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/869070

Inventors:

Samuel Rodriguez - Norristown PA, US

International Classification:

B60H 1/00

Abstract:

A vehicle climate control assembly for modulating a temperature of a passenger compartment includes a solar panel, a battery, a heating and cooling unit, a temperature sensor, and a controller, all of which are mountable to a vehicle. The battery is operationally engaged to the solar panel, which is mountable to an exterior surface of the vehicle. The heating and cooling unit is in fluidic communication with the passenger compartment of the vehicle and is operationally engaged to the battery. The temperature sensor and the controller are mountable within the passenger compartment. The controller is operationally engaged to the solar panel, the battery, the heating and cooling unit, and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor measures a temperature of the air in the passenger compartment, positioning the controller to selectively actuate the heating and cooling unit to modulate the temperature within the passenger compartment.