Patents by Inventor Edward J. Charron

Edward J. Charron 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: 10512220
    Abstract: A hop picking machine has a conveyor configured to receive hop vines, and a first cutting assembly including a plurality of blade assemblies spaced apart from one another across a width of the conveyor and extending upwardly relative to a plane of the conveyor. The blade assemblies include respective cutter bar members having blades mounted thereon such that the blades are oriented opposite to a direction of travel of the conveyor, and such that hop vines conveyed by the conveyor to the first cutting assembly can be cut by the blades. A second cutting assembly has a plurality of rotatable cutting members configured to receive hop vine segments from the first cutting assembly along the direction of travel of the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DK Fab, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Kirsch, Edward J. Charron
  • Publication number: 20180054972
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a conveyor configured to receive hop vines, and a first cutting assembly including a plurality of blade assemblies spaced apart from one another across a width of the conveyor and extending upwardly relative to a plane of the conveyor. The blade assemblies include respective cutter bar members having blades mounted thereon such that the blades are oriented opposite to a direction of travel of the conveyor, and such that hop vines conveyed by the conveyor to the first cutting assembly can be cut by the blades. The apparatus further includes a second cutting assembly having a plurality of rotatable cutting members configured to receive hop vine segments from the first cutting assembly along the direction of travel of the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: DK Fab, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Kirsch, Edward J. Charron