Patents by Inventor Carter D. Clary

Carter D. Clary 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).

  • Apparatus for sampling material
    Patent number: 5398558
    Abstract: An apparatus for collecting material from a mass of the material, the apparatus having a housing for receiving the material; a container for holding the material; and an assembly mounting the housing for movement along a path through the mass of material, for the receipt of a portion of the material within the housing, and toward the container, for the release of the portion of the material into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: 100% California State University Fresno Foundation
    Inventors: Jack C. Wise, Carter D. Clary, Gwynn A. Sawyer Ostrom
  • Method for deydrating vegetive matter
    Patent number: 5380189
    Abstract: A method for dehydrating vegetive matter including the steps of heating a liquid medium to a predetermined temperature; applying negative pressure to the liquid medium; and placing the matter to be dehydrated in the liquid medium to cause dehydration thereof. An apparatus for dehydrating matter having a vessel having an internal vacuum chamber adapted to receive a liquid medium; a system for applying a negative pressure to said liquid medium; a system for heating the liquid medium; and an assembly for placing matter to be dehydrated in the liquid medium to cause dehydration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: California State University, Fresno Foundation
    Inventors: Carter D. Clary, Vincent E. Petrucci