Patents by Inventor Kenneth Means

Kenneth Means 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: 7493854
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a jam detection and safety system for machines prone to jamming, such as a baler. In particular embodiments, the system is implemented in a horizontal baler having a shear bar and a hydraulic ram that advances material being baled past the shear bar into a compression chamber. The system includes a strain gage mounted on the shear bar and a controller that is electrically connected to the strain gage. The controller receives strain signals from the stage gage and compares the strain of the shear bar to a predetermined strain threshold corresponding to a jamming condition. If the strain exceeds the predetermined threshold, the controller automatically deactivates the ram, such as by disconnecting line power from the baler and/or by turning off the control power of the baler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignees: The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, West Virginia University
    Inventors: John R. Etherton, John R. Powers, Jr., Eugene Anthony McKenzie, Jr., Kenneth Means, Brad Newbraugh
  • Publication number: 20070101873
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a jam detection and safety system for machines prone to jamming, such as a baler. In particular embodiments, the system is implemented in a horizontal baler having a shear bar and a hydraulic ram that advances material being baled past the shear bar into a compression chamber. The system includes a strain gage mounted on the shear bar and a controller that is electrically connected to the strain gage. The controller receives strain signals from the stage gage and compares the strain of the shear bar to a predetermined strain threshold corresponding to a jamming condition. If the strain exceeds the predetermined threshold, the controller automatically deactivates the ram, such as by disconnecting line power from the baler and/or by turning off the control power of the baler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: John Etherton, John Powers, Eugene McKenzie, Kenneth Means, Brad Newbraugh
  • Patent number: 4122201
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted 4,6-dihydroxy-2H-pyran-2-one and methods of inhibiting the antigen-antibody reaction by administering said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence William Chakrin, Kenneth Means Snader, Chester Rhodes Willis
  • Patent number: 4117226
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted 3-cinnamoyl-2H-pyran-2,6(3H)-dione and methods of inhibiting the antigen-antibody reaction by administering said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence William Chakrin, Kenneth Means Snader, Chester Rhodes Willis
  • Patent number: 4015009
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted 3-cinnamoyl-2H-pyran-2,6(3H)-dione and methods of inhibiting the antigen-antibody reaction by administering said compositions. Certain of the 3-cinnamoyl-2H-pyran-2,6(3H)-diones are novel compounds per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence William Chakrin, Kenneth Means Snader, Chester Rhodes Willis