Patents by Inventor Peter Pemrick

Peter Pemrick 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).

  • Device and method for measuring hay bale moisture
    Patent number: 6377058
    Abstract: A device for sensing moisture in moving hay bales has a pair of star-shaped wheels situated to have points penetrate into the bale and be driven by the bale. The points establish electrode surfaces within the bale between which resistivity or conductivity of an electrical current may be measured and scaled to moisture content of the hay of the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Harvest TEC, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Pemrick
  • Feed rate controller for thickness sanding machine
    Patent number: 5720648
    Abstract: A drum sanding machine having a vertically-adjustable sanding drum mounted over a conveyor, where the sanding drum is direct-coupled to an AC drive motor. The conveyor includes an endless loop belt connected to a variable speed DC motor, and a feedback circuit is connected to monitor the AC drive motor current and to develop a feedback signal to slow the DC motor when the AC motor drive current exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventors: Gary L. Green, Peter Pemrick, Theodore F. Nash