Patents by Inventor Heather Lynn Ripley

Heather Lynn Ripley 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for vacuum operated sorting
    Patent number: 9162166
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vacuum operated sorting. The apparatus may include a plurality of casing members each having a passageway with a filter member across the passageway. The casing members may be removably coupled to one another in a desired order and/or quantity and attached to a vacuum source to provide sorting of objects such as beads into a plurality of size ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Inventor: Heather Lynn Ripley
  • Apparatus and methods for vacuum operated sorting
    Patent number: 8689983
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vacuum operated sorting. The apparatus may include a plurality of casing members each having a passageway with a filter member across the passageway. The casing members may be removably coupled to one another in a desired order and/or quantity and attached to a vacuum source to provide sorting of objects such as beads into a plurality of size ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Heather Lynn Ripley