Patents Assigned to Robert B. Kennedy
  • Paint spray booth
    Patent number: 5820456
    Abstract: A paint spray booth (10) has a spray chamber (11), an air make-up unit (15), and an air exhaust system with an exhaust air fan (26) and an exhaust damper (25). The booth has a pressure transducer (29) that senses the pressure of air both inside and outside the booth and which transmits control signals indicative of sensed changes in the differential air pressure to motors that drive the exhaust fan or the exhaust damper. In this manner the exhaust air flow rate is adjusted to compensate for changes in the differential air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignees: Sandy J. Pangle, Robert B. Kennedy
    Inventor: Thomas L. Nelson
  • Method and apparatus for processing shrimp
    Patent number: 5405287
    Abstract: A method and apparatus (10) are disclosed for deheading shrimp. The apparatus has grasping means (18) for grasping shrimp positioned upon a support plate (17) and rotating the shrimp to an upright position adjacent a deheading station (14). The deheading station has a pinch block (19) having an elongated edge (46) and a pinch plate (20) which is moved closely past the pinch block. The body of the shrimp is pulled from the head as the shrimp is pinched between the pinch block and the moving pinch plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Robert B. Kennedy
    Inventor: Reid Allain
  • Method and apparatus for processing shrimp
    Patent number: 4941233
    Abstract: Shrimp are conveyed in upright orientation upon a pair of spaced rails that revolve in upright planes and which strike bumpers. The shrimp may be size sorted by orienting the rails such that their spacing changes. The shrimp are deheaded by conveying then to a deheader that has a pinch finger that swings by a pinch block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Robert B. Kennedy
    Inventor: Reid P. Allain
  • Method and apparatus for processing shrimp
    Patent number: 4916776
    Abstract: Shrimp are conveyed in upright orientation upon a pair of spaced rails that revolve in upright planes and which strike bumpers. The shirmp may be size sorted by orienting the rails such that their spacing changes. The shirmp are deheaded by conveying then to a deheader that has a pinch finger that swings by a pinch block and clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Robert B. Kennedy
    Inventor: Reid P. Allain