Patents by Inventor Jon Olafsson

Jon Olafsson 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).

  • Patent number: 7015400
    Abstract: A belt weighing apparatus for maintaining high accuracy in weighing by way of maintaining a fixed tension in the belt and preventing the belt from oscillating. The belt conveyor is comprised of a supporting frame, an upper guiding unit arranged on the supporting frame, a first and a second end-supporting device arranged on the supporting frame in proximity to the opposite ends of the upper guiding unit, a motor unit, at least one weighing platform arranged in-between the first and a second end-supporting devices, a lower guiding unit having a first property arranged on the supporting frame, and an endless conveyor belt having a second property is extended between said first and a second end supporting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Marel HF
    Inventors: Jon Olafsson, Kristinn Steingrimsson, Bjarni Valur Valtysson
  • Publication number: 20050023046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for weighing items and in particular to a method of filtering signals representing the weight of an item. The invention is applicable in all measuring instruments which indicate an average value calculated from a signal which also has unwanted components of one or more unknown frequencies. This is, for example, the case in volumeters, ampere meters and weighing-scales. Normally, the indicated result is the average value of the signal measured for a much longer time than the expected period of the slowest frequency component. This method is well known and reliable, but has the drawback of being very slow in situations where measuring speed is of importance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: MAREF HF
    Inventors: Jon Vilhjalmsson, Jon Olafsson