Patents by Inventor Lester E. Snyder

Lester E. Snyder 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: 4122001
    Abstract: Worms are harvested by placing worm-containing bedding material from a breeding bin on a flat breaking board mounted within a wooden frame. The bedding material is pushed from the board onto an adjacent screen mounted within the frame at approximately the same level as the board. The screen is covered by the bedding material to a uniform depth while exposed from above to light. A worm-receiving tray with dark inner bottom surface is removably mounted in darkness within the frame below the screen. The frame is leg-supported at one end, while its screen-end rests on the top edge of a bin to be harvested. An upper layer of the bedding material is gradually skimmed from the screen into the bin, causing the worms to work their way deeper into the bedding material remaining on the screen. The skimming process is repeated until all worms have worked their way down through the bedding material to the screen. From there the larger worms crawl through the screen into the tray below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Inventor: Lester E. Snyder