Patents Assigned to VBS, Inc.
  • Apparatus and method for mounting an RF tag on a conveyor trolley
    Patent number: 7159772
    Abstract: A system for mounting an RF tag to a conveyor trolley wherein the tag is embedded in a block of material shaped to fit within an annular recess formed between the hub and outer rim of the trolley wheel. The shaped block is secured to the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: VBS, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Vande Berg
  • Combination scale for conveyor line
    Patent number: 5949031
    Abstract: A scale system for the continuous weighing of a series of packages on a conveyor. The packages are run over a series of synchronized belts on tables, one of which records the weight on a section of the conveyor at intervals timed to assure that no single package will be weighed more than once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: VBS, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Vande Berg
  • Weighing scale for moving loads
    Patent number: RE38233
    Abstract: A weighing system for material suspended from a rail or trolley. The system includes a transition track between the regular track and the weighing track to avoid oscillation of pressure on the weighing track which causes difficulty in rapidly arriving at a proper weight. The transition track is biassed away from the weighing track so as not to cause a false weight reading. It also includes a novel trolley moving mechanism for moving the trolley as it passes over the weighing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: VBS, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Vande Berg