Patents by Inventor CASEY VAN MIDDENDORP

CASEY VAN MIDDENDORP 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: 10913071
    Abstract: A scalper apparatus configured to divide a flow of material between filtered and unfiltered streams. The scalper apparatus may include a housing with an upper opening, a primary lower opening for outputting the filtered stream, and a secondary lower opening for outputting the unfiltered stream. The scalper apparatus may include a grate extending across the interior of the housing such that any material leaving the interior through the primary lower opening must pass through the grate while any material unable to pass through the grate is caused to move through the secondary lower opening. The scalper assembly may include a brush assembly with at least one brush movable across the grate, and a carrier assembly configured to carry the at least one brush across substantially an entire top of the grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pearson Incorporated
    Inventor: Casey Van Middendorp
  • Patent number: 10751722
    Abstract: A system for grinding material in a material flow through the system may include a feed hopper having an interior for receiving material to be processed, a feed apparatus configured to receive material of the material flow from the feed hopper and control a feed rate of the material moving through the system, a roller mill apparatus configured to grind material of the material flow passing through the roller mill apparatus, and a classifier apparatus configured to remove portions of the material from the material flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Pearson Incorporated
    Inventors: Alex Pearson, Roy Olson, Casey Van Middendorp, Joshua Tracy
  • Publication number: 20170259303
    Abstract: A scalper apparatus configured to divide a flow of material between filtered and unfiltered streams. The scalper apparatus may include a housing with an upper opening, a primary lower opening for outputting the filtered stream, and a secondary lower opening for outputting the unfiltered stream. The scalper apparatus may include a grate extending across the interior of the housing such that any material leaving the interior through the primary lower opening must pass through the grate while any material unable to pass through the grate is caused to move through the secondary lower opening. The scalper assembly may include a brush assembly with at least one brush movable across the grate, and a carrier assembly configured to carry the at least one brush across substantially an entire top of the grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: CASEY VAN MIDDENDORP