Patents by Inventor James A. Chalmers

James A. Chalmers 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).

  • Sorter
    Patent number: 10512943
    Abstract: A method and system for sorting workpieces, such as chicken nuggets. The sorting system includes a conveyor system that advances in a forward direction and one or more blow off bars positioned over the conveyor system. The blow off bars extend along the forward advancing direction. The blow off bars include one or more valved nozzles connected to a pressurized source of a fluid, and the nozzles are positioned to discharge the fluid across the conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Stockard, James A. Chalmers
  • SORTER
    Publication number: 20180264522
    Abstract: A method and system for sorting workpieces, such as chicken nuggets. The sorting system includes a conveyor system that advances in a forward direction and one or more blow off bars positioned over the conveyor system. The blow off bars extend along the forward advancing direction. The blow off bars include one or more valved nozzles connected to a pressurized source of a fluid, and the nozzles are positioned to discharge the fluid across the conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Stockard, James A. Chalmers
  • Sorter
    Patent number: 9999906
    Abstract: A method and system for sorting workpieces, such as chicken nuggets. The sorting system includes a conveyor system that advances in a forward direction and one or more blow off bars positioned over the conveyor system. The blow off bars extend along the forward advancing direction. The blow off bars include one or more valved nozzles connected to a pressurized source of a fluid, and the nozzles are positioned to discharge the fluid across the conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard D. Stockard, James A. Chalmers
  • SORTER
    Publication number: 20180001353
    Abstract: A method and system for sorting workpieces, such as chicken nuggets. The sorting system includes a conveyor system that advances in a forward direction and one or more blow off bars positioned over the conveyor system. The blow off bars extend along the forward advancing direction. The blow off bars include one or more valved nozzles connected to a pressurized source of a fluid, and the nozzles are positioned to discharge the fluid across the conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Stockard, James A. Chalmers