Patents Assigned to Triodyne Safety Systems, Inc.
  • Counter-latch for a self-dumping hopper
    Patent number: 6733225
    Abstract: A counter latch system and method of operation of a hopper having a payload and a latch moveable between a latched position and an unlatched position, the system and method including unlatching a latch of the hopper into the unlatched position and deploying a counter latch to maintain the latch in the unlatched position prior to dumping. The hopper is subsequently responsively returned into the latched position as the hopper is returned from dumping the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Triodyne Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Lipsey Barnett, William Brown, Charles Sinkovits