David Brian Mcdonald

US Patent:

6883681, Apr 26, 2005

Filed:

Dec 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/457286

Inventors:

Michael E. Coughlin - Overland Park KS, US
Arpita Banerjee - Olathe KS, US
Lawrence E. Guerra - Roeland Park KS, US
Keith W. Kudera - Merriam KS, US
Ronald A. Leonard - Peculiar MO, US
Hamid Massali - Leawood KS, US
David M. McDonald - Kansas City KS, US
Fred T. Steinbach - Olathe KS, US
Tim Surgeon - Archie MO, US

Assignee:

ScriptPro LLC - Mission KS

International Classification:

G07F011/00

US Classification:

221123, 221124, 221129, 221130, 221131, 221133, 414268, 414278, 414285

Abstract:

A storage and dispensing system () for storing and dispensing pre-packaged pharmaceutical products () and other products. The system includes a cabinet (); a plurality of product conveyors () mounted within the cabinet and each configured for holding at least one product; an infeed conveyor () for receiving products that are to be stored in the cabinet; an outfeed conveyor () for receiving products that are to be dispensed from the cabinet; and a transporter () moveable within the cabinet for transporting products between the product conveyors and the infeed and outfeed conveyors for storing products in or dispensing products from the cabinet.

US Patent:

20020167863, Nov 14, 2002

Filed:

May 11, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/852951

Inventors:

Wirth Davis - Shawnee KS, US
David McDonald - Camdenton MO, US

International Classification:

G04B047/00

US Classification:

368/010000

Abstract:

In the preferred embodiment, the compact, hand-held food monitor can control the rate of food ingested on a bite to bite time interval basis, and secondly, warn the operator when total bite consumption or quantity of food has been attained at that eating session. The designated programmed settings are arbitrarily chosen by the operator and can be changed at their discretion. The device is activated to measure designated units of time between ingested bites of food by touching or placing an object, i.e. utensil, on the sensing platform. After a certain lapse of time has occurred, a signal is given which can be visual, audio, or vibrating, prompting the operator to resume with another bite or standard quantity of food. When the total number of bites or units of food, have been ingested, another signal is activated to tell the individual they have reached the limit, or quantity, of food for their setting. As progress with weight reduction occurs, the food monitor can be utilized for discipline or maintenance purposes at the operator's discretion.

US Patent:

42176786, Aug 19, 1980

Filed:

Nov 6, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/958249

Inventors:

David R. Crawford - Independence MO
David M. McDonald - Kansas City KS

Assignee:

Simon-Johnson Inc. - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

A22C 2102

US Classification:

17 111R

Abstract:

The machine has two laterally separated banks of pickers located on opposite sides of the path of travel of poultry carcasses conveyed through the machine. Each bank includes three horizontally extending lines of rotary pickers set in spaced opposition to the corresponding lines of pickers on the opposite bank so as to define a picking zone therebetween. The two banks may be rocked about a pair of respective horizontal axes extending parallel to the path of travel so as to adjust the shape of the picking zone to the extent needed for optimum performance, i. e. , rocking the banks inwardly toward one another at their upper corners correspondingly brings the upper pickers closer together while separating the lower pickers and, on the other hand, rocking the banks toward one another at their lower corners causes the lower pickers to be brought closer to one another while the upper pickers are spaced further apart. The intermediate or middle lines of pickers are independently adjustable toward and away from one another relative to the other pickers, and both banks may be bodily shifted toward and away from one another to expand or contract the picking zone as may be necessary or desirable.

US Patent:

42939780, Oct 13, 1981

Filed:

Oct 1, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/081008

Inventors:

David M. McDonald - Kansas City KS
Donald J. Scheier - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

Simon-Johnson, Inc. - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

A22C 2100

US Classification:

17 12

Abstract:

In the processing of poultry, the heads are separately and individually pulled downwardly along a vertical path during continuous advancement to automatically separate the heads from the necks at the jaw bone and at the base of the skull, salvaging all of the edible neck skin, while at the same time, removing certain inedible organs from within the body by pulling the same straight down through the vertical neck without separation of the head from either the esophagus or the trachea.

US Patent:

41753020, Nov 27, 1979

Filed:

Jul 28, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/929121

Inventors:

Donald J. Scheier - Kansas City MO
David R. Crawford - Kansas City MO
David M. McDonald - Kansas City KS

Assignee:

Simon-Johnson, Inc. - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

A22C 2102

US Classification:

17 111R

Abstract:

A rotary picking unit has its drive shaft journaled by bearings that must be sealed against exposure to moisture and the escape of lubricant. A housing which contains the bearings is fitted at its open end with an annular seal that is disposed outwardly adjacent the bearings in surrounding, sealing relationship with the shaft which projects outwardly from the housing and carries feather picking means at its outer end. A close fitting sleeve, preferably of a synthetic resinous material, surrounds that portion of the shaft projecting outwardly from the seal and is held stationary during rotation of the shaft within the sleeve so as to keep feathers, grit and grime from working along the shaft and deteriorating the interface between the shaft and the seal. The stationary sleeve bears against the backside of a rotating disc of the picking means and has a beveled outer end so that only a thin, knife edge of the sleeve actually makes contact with the disc. This minimizes the risk of pinching fine feathers between the end of the sleeve and the disc and forcing them to work along the shaft as it rotates relative to the sleeve.