Patents by Inventor Glenn Meredith

Glenn Meredith 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).

  • Bulk material pump feeder with reduced disk jamming, compliant disks
    Patent number: 7677864
    Abstract: A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall and have a compliant edge configured to deflect or compress when presented with pinched material rather than jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: K-Tron Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Baer, James T. Foley, Glenn Meredith
  • Bulk material pump feeder with reduced disk jamming, compliant disks
    Publication number: 20070084700
    Abstract: A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall and have a compliant edge configured to deflect or compress when presented with pinched material rather than jamming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Baer, James Foley, Glenn Meredith