Patents by Inventor Carl Gene Cooper

Carl Gene Cooper has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8387775
    Abstract: A transfer system for providing faster and increased volume processing of eggs having an overhead positioned egg conveyor. A rotating brush wheel positioned underneath the conveyor receives eggs and includes a first and second pluralities of bristles having, respectively, lesser and greater stiffness. An egg receiving reservoir exhibits a receiving lane positioned underneath and in alignment with the brush wheel for receiving and redirecting the eggs in a lane dedicated fashion to a subsequent egg handling operation. A plurality of spool bars are arranged in parallel extending and spaced apart fashion and defining a number of individual egg conveying lanes and each further include first and second spool bar portions secured in end-to-end fashion to establish an overall dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: FPS Food Processing Systems, B.V.
    Inventors: Matthew T. Mckeown, Carl Gene Cooper, Kyle Dewayne Becker, Wayne William Kelley, Richard Schneider
  • Publication number: 20110094122
    Abstract: An egg dryer incorporating a rotating spool bar conveyor extending between an inlet end and an outlet end and upon which are supported a plurality of eggs conveyed through the body. An airflow exhibiting a humidity less than that associated with an environment outside the body is directed from the outlet end in a normal and opposing flowing direction relative to a direction of travel of the eggs. Subset flows of heated/desiccated air are also redirected to one or more intermediate header tubes arranged at internal locations of the body in communication with the conveyor and, in combination with impinging baffle plates mounted in proximity to the header tubes, provide additional and targeting drying of such as the ends of the eggs in combination with the overall heated/desiccated airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: FPS FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEMS, B.V.
    Inventors: James Carlton Webb, Carl Gene Cooper, Wayne William Kelly
  • Publication number: 20100059337
    Abstract: A transfer system for providing faster and increased volume processing of eggs having an overhead positioned egg conveyor. A rotating brush wheel positioned underneath the conveyor receives eggs and includes a first and second pluralities of bristles having, respectively, lesser and greater stiffness. An egg receiving reservoir exhibits a receiving lane positioned underneath and in alignment with the brush wheel for receiving and redirecting the eggs in a lane dedicated fashion to a subsequent egg handling operation. A plurality of spool bars are arranged in parallel extending and spaced apart fashion and defining a number of individual egg conveying lanes and each further include first and second spool bar portions secured in end-to-end fashion to establish an overall dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew T. Mckeown, Carl Gene Cooper, Kyle Dewayne Becker, Wayne William Kelley, Richard Schneider