Patents by Inventor Dwaine S. Bundy

Dwaine S. Bundy 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: 5767385
    Abstract: An automated forced-choice dynamic-dilution olfactometer has an odor evaluation module having two or more panelist stations, with a plurality of sniffing ports at each station. At least one signal element at each station is connected to a data control unit. Separate air lines are connected to one each of the sniffing ports at each station. One of the air lines has an odor introduction port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwaine S. Bundy, Wen-Hua Huang, Steven J. Hoff, Qianbao Liu, Xiwei Li
  • Patent number: 5736049
    Abstract: A method for controlling odor in a waste water lagoon comprises the steps of aerating a top horizontal layer of a lagoon adjacent its upper surface at a depth of approximately 12 to 24 inches by introducing air through a plurality of nozzles submerged in the layer to create a plurality of air bubbles in the layer. The nozzles are moved horizontally through the layer. A device for controlling the odor in waste water lagoons includes a support structure with an elongated boom operatively secured to the support structure and extending outwardly therefrom to operatively contact water in an adjacent lagoon. Compressed air is delivered through a plurality of downwardly extending nozzles on the boom into a layer of water on the top of the lagoon approximately 12 to 24 inches deep. Power elements are secured to the boom to cause the boom to move horizontally with respect to the lagoon while the compressed air is being delivered through the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwaine S. Bundy, Ken Bokor, Edward G. Andrews
  • Patent number: 5579719
    Abstract: A gestation sow feeding system has a sow bedding enclosure, a gated scale weighing station, an alley connecting the scale weighing station with two separate feeding pens having entry and exist gates, and a bypass gate connecting the alley and the bedding enclosure. The traffic of sows through the system is monitored and controlled by a computer which controls the gates of the system, measures the weight and average daily gain of each sow weighed, and directs the weighed sow to the feeding pen for a ration of feed to permit the sow to adjust to a targeted average daily weight stored in the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Hoff, Mark S. Honeyman, James D. McKean, Emmett J. Stevermer, Dwaine S. Bundy, Fernando Perez-Munoz, Steven E. Bryce, William E. Backhaus