Patents by Inventor Don Grant Vass

Don Grant Vass 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).

  • Intake nozzle for vacuum conveyor
    Patent number: 6979152
    Abstract: An intake conduit apparatus comprises an intake conduit adapted at a downstream output end thereof for connection to an intake of a vacuum conveyor, and adapted at an upstream input end thereof to facilitate entry of granular material. Ramps slope inward and downstream from the interior wall of the intake conduit, and there is a vent hole through the wall of the intake conduit adjacent to a downstream end of each ramp such that air enters the intake conduit adjacent to the downstream end of each ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Brandt Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Cameron Dwight Bodie, Don Grant Vass
  • Intake nozzle for vacuum conveyor
    Publication number: 20040265071
    Abstract: An intake conduit apparatus comprises an intake conduit adapted at a downstream output end thereof for connection to an intake of a vacuum conveyor, and adapted at an upstream input end thereof to facilitate entry of granular material. Ramps slope inward and downstream from the interior wall of the intake conduit, and there is a vent hole through the wall of the intake conduit adjacent to a downstream end of each ramp such that air enters the intake conduit adjacent to the downstream end of each ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Brandt Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Cameron Dwight Bodie, Don Grant Vass