Patents by Inventor Jerriel Keith Greene

Jerriel Keith Greene 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: 7571023
    Abstract: An apparatus for counting pharmaceutical units is provided having a supporting deck assembly, a hopper, a cylindrical chamber and a transport ring positioned between the hopper and the cylindrical chamber, wherein the hopper has a tilted floor, which can be shaken or vibrated to discharge the units on to a transport ring, and the transport ring is sloped downward from its inner to outer perimeter, which brings the units into contact with the undulating surface of the walls of the cylindrical chamber to promote singulation prior to counting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: JM Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Barton Carter Mitchell, Jerriel Keith Greene, Darol Blake Foster, Michael Wayne Davis
  • Publication number: 20080255700
    Abstract: An apparatus for counting pharmaceutical units is provided having a supporting deck assembly, a hopper, a cylindrical chamber and a transport ring positioned between the hopper and the cylindrical chamber, wherein the hopper has a tilted floor, which can be shaken or vibrated to discharge the units on to a transport ring, and the transport ring is sloped downward from its inner to outer perimeter, which brings the units into contact with the undulating surface of the walls of the cylindrical chamber to promote singulation prior to counting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: JM Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Barton Carter Mitchell, Jerriel Keith Greene, Darol Blake Foster, Michael Wayne Davis