Patents Assigned to Allen Machinery, Inc.
  • Vibratory conveyor
    Patent number: 6253908
    Abstract: A conveying system with a frame supporting a conveying member suitable to move products thereon. A drive, which is preferably an electromagnetic drive having a mass that vibrates back and forth along a substantially straight path, is connected to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Allen Machinery, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Gilman
  • Vibratory conveyor
    Patent number: 6179117
    Abstract: A conveying system with a frame supporting a conveying member suitable to move products thereon. A drive, which is preferably an electromagnetic drive having a mass that vibrates back and forth along a substantially straight path, is connected to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Allen Machinery, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Gilman
  • Vibratory conveyor
    Patent number: 6079550
    Abstract: A conveying system with a frame supporting a conveying member suitable to move products thereon. A drive, which is preferably an electromagnetic drive having a mass that vibrates back and forth along a substantially straight path, is connected to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Allen Machinery, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Gilman
  • Color sorting method
    Patent number: 5813542
    Abstract: A method of classifying objects comprises the steps of sensing a multiple color image of at least a portion of the object and producing color signals indicative of a plurality of colors in response to sensing the multiple color image. The color signals are transformed to a hue signal and a saturation signal, and the object is classified in response to the hue signal and the saturation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Allen Machinery, Inc.
    Inventor: Avi P. Cohn