Patents by Inventor Hendrikus STAAL

Hendrikus STAAL 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).

  • Process and apparatus for scrap metal scanning
    Patent number: 10830748
    Abstract: The invention is direct to a method and an apparatus for the bulk determination of scrap metal content, said method comprising the steps of providing a scrap metal input; preparing said input for submission to a bulk scanning apparatus; scanning at least part of the scrap metal with a bulk scanning apparatus to determine the composition of the scrap metal; and securing said scrap metal from the step of providing the scrap metal input to the step of scanning at least part of the scrap metal. Said apparatus comprises a scanning container together with a low-intensity neutron scattering device, a laser cutting device and/or magnetic sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SCRAPSCANNER B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Staal, Martijn Van de Poll, Simon Petrus Maria Berkhout, Peter Carlo Rem
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SCRAP METAL SCANNING
    Publication number: 20190277825
    Abstract: The invention is direct to a method and an apparatus for the bulk determination of scrap metal content, said method comprising the steps of providing a scrap metal input; preparing said input for submission to a bulk scanning apparatus; scanning at least part of the scrap metal with a bulk scanning apparatus to determine the composition of the scrap metal; and securing said scrap metal from the step of providing the scrap metal input to the step of scanning at least part of the scrap metal. Said apparatus comprises a scanning container together with a low-intensity neutron scattering device, a laser cutting device and/or magnetic sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hendrikus STAAL, Martijn VAN DE POLL, Simon Petrus Maria BERKHOUT, Peter Carlo REM