Patents by Inventor Conway B. Price

Conway B. Price 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).

  • Vertical mixer with deflectors
    Patent number: 8342738
    Abstract: A mixer includes a housing having one or more augers therein. The augers are turned so that they lift the material being mixed upwardly. Fixed on the side walls, which include baffles, are one or more deflectors which impart a downward motion on the mixture being mixed so that the mixture is tumbled upwardly by the augers and downwardly by the deflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Roto-Mix, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney R. Neier, Allin L. Butcher, Ross M. Groening, Conway B. Price
  • MATERIAL MIXER WITH MULTI-FLIGHTED AUGER
    Publication number: 20110121114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixer that includes at least one multi-flighted auger for mixing together materials, especially livestock feed. The multi-flighted auger rotates about a generally vertical axis. The flights include a kicker knife at the bottom and chopper knives around their periphery. The upper surface of the flights may be perpendicular to a shaft about which the auger rotates, or may be concave or slanted generally upwardly to encourage the material being mixed to remain in contact with the auger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: ROTO-MIX, LLC
    Inventors: RODNEY R. NEIER, ALLIN L. BUTCHER, ROSS M. GROENING, MARK T. COOKSEY, CONWAY B. PRICE, JAMES E. SHAFER
  • VERTICAL MIXER WITH DEFLECTORS
    Publication number: 20090190440
    Abstract: A mixer includes a housing having one or more augers therein. The augers are turned so that they lift the material being mixed upwardly. Fixed on the side walls, which include baffles, are one or more deflectors which impart a downward motion on the mixture being mixed so that the mixture is tumbled upwardly by the augers and downwardly by the deflectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ROTO-MIX, LLC
    Inventors: RODNEY R. NEIER, ALLIN L. BUTCHER, ROSS M. GROENING, CONWAY B. PRICE