Glynn Ray Bartlett

7827929, Nov 9, 2010

Feb 23, 2007

11/678195

Wayne Garrison - McKinney TX, US
Ross D. Samuels - Coppell TX, US
Glynn R. Bartlett - Boerne TX, US

Frito-Lay North America, Inc. - Plano TX

B05C 19/04
B05D 1/12

118 16, 118 19, 118 24, 118308, 118310, 118313, 239290, 99494

A pneumatic seasoning system and method utilizing a rotating drum for seasoning, a funnel-fed pneumatic eductor, line splitters, and a plurality of specially-designed swirl-inducing nozzle spools for inducing a broad and even seasoning plume. In a preferred embodiment, a pneumatic seasoning system transports seasoning from a seasoning hopper to food items within a rotating drum using a combination of an eductor and four in-line vacuum generators, which vacuum generators operate on compressed air. Each vacuum generator comprises a distributing nozzle roughly shaped like a collared spool, wherein compressed air is supplied to the annular region defined between the spool and its collar, and said compressed air exits through swirl ports distributed about the circumference of the spool exit. Each swirl port preferably has a pitch angle of 15 and a yaw angle of 15.

8007848, Aug 30, 2011

Oct 1, 2010

12/896557

Wayne Garrison - McKinney TX, US
Ross D. Samuels - Coppell TX, US
Glynn R. Bartlett - Boerne TX, US

Frito-Lay North America, Inc. - Plano TX

A23G 3/20

426294, 426442, 426302, 118311, 239487, 239405, 99474

A pneumatic seasoning system and method utilizing a rotating drum for seasoning, a funnel-fed pneumatic eductor, line splitters, and a plurality of specially-designed swirl-inducing nozzle spools for inducing a broad and even seasoning plume. In a preferred embodiment, a pneumatic seasoning system transports seasoning from a seasoning hopper to food items within a rotating drum using a combination of an eductor and four in-line vacuum generators, which vacuum generators operate on compressed air. Each vacuum generator comprises a distributing nozzle roughly shaped like a collared spool, wherein compressed air is supplied to the annular region defined between the spool and its collar, and said compressed air exits through swirl ports distributed about the circumference of the spool exit. Each swirl port preferably has a pitch angle of 15 and a yaw angle of 15.

8505461, Aug 13, 2013

Feb 10, 2011

13/024535

Andrew John Phillips - Harrisburg NC, US
Mark Major - San Antonio TX, US
Glynn R. Bartlett - Boerne TX, US

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. - Charlotte NC

B61B 7/00
B61B 7/06

104 87, 104112

The present invention relates to a diverter system to allow a line inspection robot to traverse an object. The diverter system includes a first diverter attached to a shield wire, a second diverter attached to the shield wire at a position spaced from the first diverter, and a bridge having a first end connected to the first diverter and a second end connected to the second diverter. The first diverter disengages the robot from the shield wire and onto the bridge and the second diverter disengages the robot from the bridge and onto the shield wire to allow the robot to traverse the object.

20110196535, Aug 11, 2011

Feb 10, 2011

13/024520

Andrew John Phillips - Harrisburg NC, US
J. Mark Major - San Antonio TX, US
Glynn R. Bartlett - Boerne TX, US

ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. - Charlotte NC

B25J 13/08
B60K 16/00

700259, 180 22, 901 1, 901 47, 901 44

The present invention relates to an overhead transmission line inspection robot and system for inspecting transmission line components and right of way conditions. The overhead transmission line inspection robot includes a communications and control system adapted to control the robot and transmit information and a drive system for propelling the robot along a shield wire to enable inspection over a large area. The robot further includes a camera adapted to inspect right of way and component conditions; a light detection and ranging (LiDar) sensor adapted to measure conductor position, vegetation, and nearby structures; and a global positioning system adapted to identify the robot's position and speed.

20110196536, Aug 11, 2011

Feb 10, 2011

13/024527

Andrew John Phillips - Harrisburg NC, US
Mark Major - San Antonio TX, US
Glynn R. Bartlett - Boerne TX, US

ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. - Charlotte NC

B25J 13/08
G05D 3/00
B25J 5/00

700259, 700245, 901 1, 901 44, 901 47

The present invention relates to an overhead transmission line inspection robot and system for inspecting transmission line components and right of way conditions. The line inspection robot includes at least one drive system for propelling the robot along a line, a platform adapted to pivot relative to the at least one drive system, and a control system adapted to control the robot.

20140030405, Jan 30, 2014

Jan 27, 2012

13/982466

Michael Alfred James Spurr - Leicester, GB
Brian Richard Newberry - Leicester, GB
Barbara Louise Warburg - Warwickshire, GB
Lindsay Anne Dobson - Oxfordshire, GB
Paul Fredrick Tomlinson - Leicestershire, GB
Glynn R. Bartlett - Boerne TX, US

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH - Berne

A47J 37/12

426438, 99404

An apparatus for lipophilically conditioning potato slices, the apparatus comprising an elongate tank for containing a reservoir of oil, the tank having an upstream end and a downstream end, an elongate longitudinal conveyor disposed in the tank, the conveyor being adapted to pass products through the reservoir of oil from the upstream end to the downstream end, the conveyor defining therealong a plurality of compartments for containing respective groups of products during passage from the upstream end to the downstream end, and at least one oil jet located on the tank for causing turbulent flow in the reservoir of oil.

53833686, Jan 24, 1995

Nov 16, 1992

7/977091

Ernest Franke - San Antonio TX
Ashok Nedungadi - San Antonio TX
Glynn Bartlett - San Antonio TX

Southwest Research Institute - San Antonio TX

G01L 124

73800

A robot link deflection gauge providing precise measurement of the deformation of a robot link due to load and acceleration forces. The robot link deflection gauge of the present invention includes at least one light source, a plurality of lenses and corresponding position sensitive detectors positioned at the ends of the robot arm link to accurately measure the relative position and orientation of a first (or destination) end relative to a second (or source) end of each robot arm link. Each lens has an optical axis which is positioned to receive light from the light source and focus the light into a light spot on the surface of the corresponding position detector. As the robot link is deformed so that the destination end is displaced and rotated relative to the source end, the light is transmitted away from the optical axis of each lens causing the light spot to be displaced along the surface of the respective position sensitive detector. The position sensitive detectors convert the light spots into electrical signals to provide a measurement of the displacements of the light spots relative to a predetermined origin. These displacements are converted to the relative X and Y displacement, rotation, and pitch and yaw of the destination end with respect to the source end.

55377416, Jul 23, 1996

Feb 1, 1995

8/382541

Eric C. Peterson - Leon Valley TX
Alex H. Damalas - San Antonio TX
Glynn R. Bartlett - San Antonio TX
Steven B. Farmer - San Antonio TX
Leslie B. Hoffman - Boerne TX
Tak Kameoka - Sakura, JP
Horace H. Wacaser - Stuttgart, DE
Paul B. Wood - San Antonio TX

Alcoa Fujikura Limited - Brentwood TN

H01R 4300

29868

A method and apparatus for making wire harness. The apparatus includes the use of a sequential wire processor that serially and sequentially fabricates circuits having terminal ends. The terminated circuits are transferred by a transfer means to an upstanding carousel provided with arrays of circuit-receiving clips. The transfer means receives terminated circuits from the sequential wire processor and places them on the clips of the carousel. The carousel is then moved to an assembly line and robotic station where robots remove the circuits from the clips of the carousel and place the terminated ends of the circuits in cavities of connectors strategically located on the assembly line. The robots have end effectors that physically insert the terminal ends into the connector cavities.