Patents by Inventor Gary C. Troyer

Gary C. Troyer 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).

  • Ceramic wear tile and method of using same
    Patent number: 9409211
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CERCO LLC
    Inventor: Gary C. Troyer
  • Ceramic wear tile and method of using same
    Patent number: 9403194
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: CERCO LLC
    Inventor: Gary C. Troyer
  • CERAMIC WEAR TILE AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160184868
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Gary C. Troyer
  • CERAMIC WEAR TILE AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160184867
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Gary C Troyer
  • Ceramic wear tile and method of using same
    Patent number: 9352360
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CERCO LLC
    Inventor: Gary C. Troyer
  • CERAMIC WEAR TILE AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140284253
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Gary C. Troyer
  • Ceramic wear tile and method of using same
    Patent number: RE47155
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides colored wear tiles for use in optical sorting apparatuses and related methods that separate an associated material into a desired product and an undesired product. The colored wear tiles have a color and/or lightness value that permeates the entire body of the wear tile and sufficiently differs from the color and/or lightness of the associated material in order to allow the colored wear tile, or portions or pieces thereof, that may mix with the associated material, to be separated from the desired product by the sorting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CERCO LLC
    Inventor: Gary C. Troyer