Patents by Inventor Dale Adolph Svatek

Dale Adolph Svatek 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).

  • Product flow control apparatus for sorting
    Patent number: 7905357
    Abstract: A product flow control apparatus for use in sorting of products, and particularly relatively small products. The apparatus includes a reservoir of products to be sorted, a flow-rate control passage at which a flow restrictor limits the flow rate of products passing to a slide before imaging by a product viewer and sorting by ejector. A flow valve operates to provide products to a flow-rate control passage at a flow rate at which the product viewer and the ejector can operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Satake USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Adolph Svatek, Patric Carey Pike, Simon John Hills
  • Adjustable slide width reducer for gravity slide sorter
    Patent number: 7743927
    Abstract: An apparatus, and method of use, for reducing the operable width of the inclined slide of a gravity fed sorting machine includes an upper section for reducing the flow rate into the slide and for directing the reduced flow to the operable portion of the slide and a lower section for delimiting the operable portion of the slide. The upper section includes a body proximate the gravity fed sorting machine and which is connected to a product flow rate adjustment assembly and a partition so the product flow into the slide may be controlled and the flow of materials directed to the operable portion of the lower section, which includes a slide width control guide to limit the operable width of the inclined slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Satake USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Adolph Svatek, Patric Carey Pike
  • Adjustable slide width reducer for gravity slide sorter
    Publication number: 20090200214
    Abstract: An apparatus, and method of use, for reducing the operable width of the inclined slide of a gravity fed sorting machine includes an upper section for reducing the flow rate into the slide and for directing the reduced flow to the operable portion of the slide and a lower section for delimiting the operable portion of the slide. The upper section includes a body proximate the gravity fed sorting machine and which is connected to a product flow rate adjustment assembly and a partition so the product flow into the slide may be controlled and the flow of materials directed to the operable portion of the lower section, which includes a slide width control guide to limit the operable width of the inclined slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: SATAKE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Dale Adolph Svatek, Patric Carey Pike
  • Product flow control apparatus for sorting
    Publication number: 20080290003
    Abstract: A product flow control apparatus for use in sorting of products, and particularly relatively small products. The apparatus includes a reservoir of products to be sorted, a flow-rate control passage at which a flow restrictor limits the flow rate of products passing to a slide before imaging by a product viewer and sorting by ejector. A flow valve operates to provide products to a flow-rate control passage at a flow rate at which the product viewer and the ejector can operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SATAKE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Dale Adolph Svatek, Patric Carey Pike, Simon John Hills