Thomas H Rice

Address:

1111 Middleport Dr, Columbus, OH 43235

Phone:

(614)4592609

VIN:

1FMEU63E57UA53831

Make:

FORD

Model:

EXPLORER

Year:

2007

US Patent:

6695570, Feb 24, 2004

Filed:

Sep 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/962530

Inventors:

Colin P. Ford - Woodstock GA
Thomas A. Rice - Cumming GA

Assignee:

Graphic Packaging International, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65H 1100

US Classification:

4147986, 414783

Abstract:

A carton loader for automatically loading stacks of cartons onto a mass feeder for supplying cartons to a packaging machine includes a loader in which stacks of cartons are received and held, and a carriage on which the loader is pivotally mounted. After the stacks of cartons are received, the loader is pivoted from a loading position to a stacking position. The carriage is then moved along the mass feeder for the packaging machine toward a magazine or supply of previously stacked cartons, whereupon the stack of cartons within the loader is moved in engagement and stacked against the previously loaded cartons.

US Patent:

6822172, Nov 23, 2004

Filed:

May 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/154324

Inventors:

Thomas Rice - Columbus OH
Zepu Liang - Grove City OH
Steve Hamilton - Upper Arlington OH

Assignee:

Mettler-Toledo, Inc. - Columbus OH

International Classification:

G01G 1902

US Classification:

177132, 177133, 177134

Abstract:

The current invention involves a method and device of combining vehicle scales platforms to eliminate potential checking interferences. Disclosed is a novel method of combining independent scale platforms enabling independent weighing on each platform and at the same time a singular checking system for the combined scale. It involves utilizing three tie rod type links, which have been used in the past to combine scales longitudinally, and in the new invention, are used in the lateral direction. This reduces the complexity and associated cost of the combined scale checking system and increases the accuracy of said scale system by eliminating potential checking interferences. This is extremely significant in situations where side checking is inconvenient near where two scales connect, or in pit less and above ground scale designs.

US Patent:

6993889, Feb 7, 2006

Filed:

Jul 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/612502

Inventors:

Colin Ford - Woodstock GA, US
Thomas Rice - Cumming GA, US
Steven Brown - Canton GA, US

Assignee:

Graphic Packaging International, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65B 3/24

US Classification:

53475, 53540, 53543, 53237, 53240, 53249, 53251, 53252

Abstract:

A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the movement of the carriers through the inserter unit engage and urge the products out carriers and into a carton for packaging.

US Patent:

7026557, Apr 11, 2006

Filed:

Oct 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/605848

Inventors:

Thomas S Rice - Columbus OH, US
Steven Everett Hamilton - Upper Arlington OH, US

Assignee:

Mettler-Toledo - Columbus OH

International Classification:

G01G 19/12

US Classification:

177136, 177200, 701 50, 702173

Abstract:

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for measuring the weight of an object being carried by a fork lift truck. Accurate weight is obtained by combining the measurements of the tension load(s) exerted by the chain(s) used to lift and support the fork carrying carriage with a measurement of the vertical forces imposed on the carriage by the mast through the carriage guides that are used to contain carriage movement within the mast and support the moment created by the object being weighed. The weight thusly determined can be easily calibrated for both pitch and roll mast angles. The apparatus can be integrated into the mast system of the fork truck without significantly affecting the fork truck's load carrying capacity. Specifically, the scale apparatus does not increase the overturning moment created by the weight of the object as compared with that of the standard non-instrumented carriage.

US Patent:

7104027, Sep 12, 2006

Filed:

Nov 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/282824

Inventors:

Colin Ford - Woodstock GA, US
Thomas Rice - Cumming GA, US
Steven Brown - Canton GA, US

Assignee:

Graphic Packaging International, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65B 1/04

US Classification:

53251, 53237, 53240, 53244, 53252

Abstract:

A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the movement of the carriers through the inserter unit engage and urge the products out carriers and into a carton for packaging.

US Patent:

7402762, Jul 22, 2008

Filed:

Oct 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/538152

Inventors:

Craig M. Draper - Worthington OH, US
Thomas S. Rice - Columbus OH, US

Assignee:

Mettler-Toledo, Inc. - Columbus OH

International Classification:

G01G 13/22
G01G 21/00

US Classification:

177 83, 177 84, 177DIG 9

Abstract:

A weighing apparatus having a weighing system, a drive system, and a vertical force minimizing system is described. The weighing system may include a load receiving surface and a plurality of load cells. The drive system may be any system which may cause the load receiving surface to rotate about its vertical axis. The vertical force minimizing system may be any system which may reduce the amount of vertical force that may be applied to the load cells through the drive system while effectively transmitting necessary forces in the transverse direction to provide rotational motion.

US Patent:

7812267, Oct 12, 2010

Filed:

Jul 21, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/176675

Inventors:

Craig M. Draper - Worthington OH, US
Thomas S. Rice - Columbus OH, US

Assignee:

Mettler-Toledo, Inc. - Columbus OH

International Classification:

G01G 13/22
G01G 21/00

US Classification:

177 83, 177145

Abstract:

A weighing apparatus having a weighing system, a drive system, and a vertical force minimizing system. The weighing system may include a load receiving surface and a plurality of load cells. The drive system produces rotation of the load receiving surface about its vertical axis. The vertical force minimizing system minimizes the amount of vertical force that is applied to the load cells through the drive system, while simultaneously transmitting forces in the transverse direction to provide for rotational movement of the load receiving surface.

US Patent:

8178797, May 15, 2012

Filed:

Dec 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/650177

Inventors:

Jason Bayer - Columbus OH, US
Michael Perrea - Columbus OH, US
Thomas S. Rice - Columbus OH, US
Pete Wyman - Logan OH, US
Anthony Ticknor - Hilliard OH, US

Assignee:

Mettler-Toledo, LLC - Columbus OH

International Classification:

G01G 21/28

US Classification:

177132, 177238, 177262

Abstract:

A hermetically sealed scale for use in a weighing scale. A scale of the present invention may include a load receiving plate and a bottom plate, between which is sandwiched a supporting rib structure that preferably includes a plurality of perimeter members that form sealed upright sides of the scale. The supporting rib structure, load receiving plate and bottom plate cooperate to form a substantially rigid and hermetically sealed sandwich structure. The load receiving plate may be joined to the supporting rib structure by perimeter welding or another bonding technique that permits the joining material to be subsequently shaped to form a smooth transition between the load receiving plate and the perimeter members of the scale.