Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Sloop

Jeffrey Sloop 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).

  • Vibratory conveyor
    Patent number: 9481525
    Abstract: A vibratory conveyor is described and which includes a base frame; a reciprocally moveable conveyor bed supported by elongated springs and which are attached to each of the conveyor bed, and the base frame, and four unbalanced motors mounted on the base frame, and wherein the unbalanced motors when selectively energized, generate a vibratory force which is transmitted to the reciprocally moveable conveyor bed, and where, selective energizing of the four unbalanced motors can effect the movement of a product along the conveyor bed at a selectively variable speed in a manner not possible heretofore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean D. Dunham, Christopher A. Woiler, Jeffrey Sloop, Michael T. Jones, Eugene Groenewald, Koby J. Campbell, Mark Schmidtgall