Patents by Inventor Frank C. King, Jr.

Frank C. King, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for tipping tobacco leaves packed in bales
    Patent number: 4532946
    Abstract: A tobacco bale tipping apparatus (10) delaminates tobacco bale (12) into slabs of tobacco. The slabs of tobacco are separated into right hand and left hand wedges (14) by conveyor belts (27) and (26) and by weight chains (24). The wedges (14) are tipped by knives (20) which are adjustable toward or away from the conveyors to accommodate tobacco leaves of various lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: Frank C. King, Jr.
  • Air drying apparatus
    Patent number: 4306358
    Abstract: An apparatus for the drying of a slurry being conveyed on a movable support including a steam producing arrangement below the movable support forming a steam atmosphere. A film of condensed vapor is produced above the slurry caused by heat transfer through the movable support, and an air drying arrangement is adapted to propel a stream of air across the slurry surface so as to entrain the vapor therein and to remove it from the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: AMF Incorporated
    Inventor: Frank C. King, Jr.