Patents by Inventor Larry Douglas Martin

Larry Douglas Martin 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).

  • Vibrating funnel fingers for distribution of seasoning onto discrete lanes
    Patent number: 6553931
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for distributing seasoning on lanes of stackable chip product using a series of vibrating funnel fingers. A narrowed discharge end for each funnel finger is positioned over a lane of chips, thereby directing the seasoning on each chip and limiting the amount of seasoning that must be recycled or discarded. Oscillation of the funnel fingers insures even seasoning distribution on the chips and precludes accumulation of the seasoning on the distribution apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Alan Graham, Larry Douglas Martin, Todd Charles McNeel
  • Vibrating funnel fingers for distribution of seasoning onto discrete lanes
    Publication number: 20020114871
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for distributing seasoning on lanes of stackable chip product using a series of vibrating funnel fingers. A narrowed discharge end for each funnel finger is positioned over a lane of chips, thereby directing the seasoning on each chip and limiting the amount of seasoning that must be recycled or discarded. Oscillation of the funnel fingers insures even seasoning distribution on the chips and precludes accumulation of the seasoning on the distribution apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Lawrence Alan Graham, Larry Douglas Martin, Todd Charles McNeel