Patents by Inventor Geert Milis

Geert Milis 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).

  • Sorting apparatus
    Patent number: 8283589
    Abstract: A sorting apparatus is described and which includes an inspection station; a multiplicity of electromagnetic radiation emitters and detectors; an optical filter which is positioned in front of the electromagnetic radiation detectors, and which passes electromagnetic radiation having a given polarization; an ejector assembly positioned downstream from the inspection station for removing defective objects of interest which are identified; and a computer/controller for selectively energizing the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and detector, and rendering the ejector assembly operational to remove defective objects of interest, from a stream of objects of interest which have passed through an inspection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Janssens, Geert Milis, Johan Calcoen
  • Sorting apparatus
    Publication number: 20120138514
    Abstract: A sorting apparatus is described and which includes an inspection station; a multiplicity of electromagnetic radiation emitters and detectors; an optical filter which is positioned in front of the electromagnetic radiation detectors, and which passes electromagnetic radiation having a given polarization; an ejector assembly positioned downstream from the inspection station for removing defective objects of interest which are identified; and a computer/controller for selectively energizing the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and detector, and rendering the ejector assembly operational to remove defective objects of interest, from a stream of objects of interest which have passed through an inspection station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Carlo Janssens, Geert Milis, Johan Calcoen