Patents by Inventor Adam A. Smith

Adam A. Smith 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: 9463935
    Abstract: A vibratory conveyor system particularly suitable for elongated foodstuffs and other products includes a rogue product removal pan which can only pass a single one of the items being processed, with the item having the desired alignment/orientation, through each of its product acceptance lanes at a given time. Items therefore leave the rogue product removal pan in orderly rows of single items, thereby easing their packaging. Misaligned items, and or items that were stacked atop other items, are culled by the rogue product removal pan, and can be “recycled” back to the entry of the rogue product removal pan. These “recycled” items are passed through the rogue product removal pan for packaging if they assume the desired orientation, or are again culled and “recycled” if they do not assume the desired orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Vibratory Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: James L. Karpinsky, Scott J. Rose, James M. Bakos, Adam A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150191374
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for removing a targeted constituent from water are disclosed. The water including the targeted constituent may be transported into a reactor and the reactor may include a magnet and zero valent iron particles. The targeted constituent can chemically react with the zero valent iron particles and the particles may then be attracted to the magnet. The water may then pass out of the reactor free of the targeted constituent. Additionally, the zero valent iron particles may be regenerated and reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Schwarz, Adam A. Smith, Gordon M. Carter, Kevin P. O'Leary