Patents by Inventor Kieth C. Behnke

Kieth C. Behnke 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).

  • Apparatus for measuring grain hardness
    Patent number: 4703647
    Abstract: A grain hardness tester which includes a rotating plate equipped with a plurality of openings arranged in a circle around the plate periphery, a grain feeder adapted to dispense grains singly and sequentially into the openings, the plate being equipped with a peripheral slot communicating with the openings, a disc positioned in the slot and adapted to engage the grains sequentially and a load cell and microprocessor operably associated with the disc for reporting the force of encounter of the disc with a grain kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven R. Eckhoff, Darrell Oard, Arthur B. Davis, Kieth C. Behnke