Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Sellers

Kenneth W. Sellers 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).

  • System for package weight control
    Patent number: 3945448
    Abstract: A system for package weight control. The system includes a digital for receiving material sufficient in volume to at least equal a desired net weight of product. At least one conveyor is mounted for conveying the material from a like number of feeders disposed at one end of the conveyor to the hopper disposed at the other end of the conveyor. Each feeder may dispense substantially similar volumes of material at spaced locations on each conveyor as the conveyors are advanced through predetermined incremental distances. The accumulated weight of the material on each conveyor belt is measured and a first digital signal representing the accumulated weight is generated and stored by a control. Each new accumulation on each belt likewise is measured and a second ditigal signal and so on representative of the accumulation is generated and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Sellers