Patents by Inventor Craig D. Peterson

Craig D. Peterson 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).

  • Current regulated electronic stunning apparatus
    Patent number: 5401209
    Abstract: An apparatus for stunning poultry has a conveyor moving along a predetermined path, for suspending the poultry and a compartmentalized basin defining individual compartments for a conducting liquid. The basin is positioned below a portion of the conveyor. A circuit impresses a voltage across the conveyor and each of the individual compartments. The voltages are a function of the position of each of the compartments relative to the conveyor. The voltages are variable so as to produce a current regulated signal flowing between the conveyor and each of the individual compartments when the poultry is in contact with the conducting liquid in any of the individual compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventors: George J. Ripol, Samuel C. Yakulis, Forrest K. Smith, George K. Woodworth, Craig D. Peterson
  • Current regulated electronic stunning apparatus
    Patent number: 5306200
    Abstract: An apparatus for stunning poultry has a conveyor moving along a predetermined path, for suspending the poultry and a compartmentalized basin defining individual compartments for a conducting liquid. The basin is positioned below a portion of the conveyor and moves at the same speed as the conveyor. A circuit senses the position of each of the compartments relative to a reference point. A circuit, responsive to the circuit for sensing, impresses a voltage across the conveyor and each of the individual compartments. The voltages are a function of the position of each of the compartments. The voltages are variable so as to produce a current regulated signal flowing between the conveyor and each of the individual compartments when the poultry is in contact with the conducting liquid in any of the individual compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Georator Corporation
    Inventors: George J. Ripol, Samuel C. Yakulis, Forrest K. Smith, George K. Woodworth, Craig D. Peterson