Patents by Inventor Kyle A. Stobaugh

Kyle A. Stobaugh 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).

  • Vacuum transfer apparatus having load isolation weighing system including a rigid pipe section pivotally mounted to a support frame
    Patent number: 7541549
    Abstract: A vacuum transfer system having a weighing hopper mounted via at least one load cell to a frame. The weighing hopper is provided with an inlet connected via a product line to a product inlet hopper and a sliding outlet gate. An actuator valve is operatively connected to the weighing hopper and to a vacuum source. A controller is operatively connected to the actuator valve and also controls the opening and closing of the sliding gate. The product line comprises a flexible pipe section and a rigid pipe section pivotally mounted to the frame at a pivot disposed substantially vertically below the center of the flexible pipe section. In operation, the operator keys into the controller a target rate of product transfer and a target weight of product in the weighing hopper. The actuator valve applies vacuum to the weighing hopper in order to transfer the product from the inlet hopper to the weighing hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Cooling & Applied Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Estes, Kyle A. Stobaugh, Mark A. Moody, Jeremy B. Estes, Ray W. Balaster, Kurt R. Danzy
  • Vacuum transfer weighing system and method
    Publication number: 20080164075
    Abstract: A vacuum transfer system having a weighing hopper mounted via at least one load cell to a frame. The weighing hopper is provided with an inlet connected via a product line to a product inlet hopper and a sliding outlet gate. An actuator valve is operatively connected to the weighing hopper and to a vacuum source. A controller is operatively connected to the actuator valve and also controls the opening and closing of the sliding gate. The product line comprises a flexible pipe section and a rigid pipe section pivotally mounted to the frame at a pivot disposed substantially vertically below the center of the flexible pipe section. In operation, the operator keys into the controller a target rate of product transfer and a target weight of product in the weighing hopper. The actuator valve applies vacuum to the weighing hopper in order to transfer the product from the inlet hopper to the weighing hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew C. Estes, Kyle A. Stobaugh, Mark A. Moody, Jeremy B. Estes, Ray W. Balaster, Kurt R. Danzy