Patents by Inventor James Schnepf

James Schnepf 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).

  • Apparatuses and methods for measuring dustiness of a product
    Patent number: 11840408
    Abstract: A method for measuring dustiness of a product. The method can include providing the product onto a ramp. The method further can include allowing gravity to move the product down the ramp, toward a discharging end of the ramp, and to exit the ramp through a dam at the discharging end of the ramp. The dam can be configured to control a mass flow rate of the product exiting the ramp. The method additionally can include measuring, by a sensor, airborne particles to determine the dustiness of the product, wherein the airborne particles are generated by the product exiting the ramp and freely falling onto a support surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC.
    Inventors: Saul C. Ovalle, James Schnepf, Amy Euske