Patents by Inventor Alan R. Egge

Alan R. Egge 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: 7461746
    Abstract: A portable screening and washing assembly includes a frame, and in addition, a scrubbing mill, a vibratory screen assembly and a fine material washer, all of which are mounted on the frame. Both the scrubbing mill and the fine material washer are adapted to move between a transport configuration and an operational configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Astec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan R. Egge, Steve J. Anderson, Jeffrey A. Wendte
  • Patent number: 6866074
    Abstract: A tank assembly for classifying and blending sand products. The tank assembly includes a receptacle adapted to retain slurry at or below an upper level. The receptacle includes a feed end having a receptacle inlet, a discharge end having a receptacle overflow outlet, and a pair of side walls extending between the feed end and the discharge end. The discharge end of the receptacle is generally opposed to the feed end. The tank assembly also includes a plurality of upper cross tubes mounted to and extending between the pair of side walls of the receptacle. Each of the plurality of upper cross tubes is disposed above the upper level of the receptacle. The tank assembly further includes a plurality of settling stations mounted in the receptacle. Each of the settling stations includes an adjustable height sensing paddle adapted to control the amount of slurry that accumulates at the station, a discharge valve, and a slurry discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventors: Alan R. Egge, Jeffery A. Wendte
  • Patent number: 6561359
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing lightweight particulates during processing of a primary material. The apparatus includes a classification tank having an inlet, an outlet and a plurality of settling stations located therebetween. A slurry of fluid and particles is introduced into the inlet and directed towards the outlet. As the slurry traverses along the classification tank, particles come out of suspension at the settling stations according to weight and to a lesser degree, density. The composition as well as the quantity of particles at the settling stations is periodically inspected. If particles deposited at a particular settling station are more or less the same size, and if they have accumulated in sufficient quantity, they are discharged to a flume which directs them to preselected collection areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Astec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan R. Egge, Stephen Anderson
  • Publication number: 20020121463
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing lightweight particulates during processing of a primary material. The apparatus includes a classification tank having an inlet, an outlet and a plurality of settling stations located therebetween. A slurry of fluid and particles is introduced into the inlet and directed towards the outlet. As the slurry traverses along the classification tank, particles come out of suspension at the settling stations according to weight and to a lesser degree, density. The composition as well as the quantity of particles at the settling stations is periodically inspected. If particles deposited at a particular settling station are more or less the same size, and if they have accumulated in sufficient quantity, they are discharged to a flume which directs them to preselected collection areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Alan R. Egge, Stephen Anderson