Patents by Inventor Malcolm Hanks

Malcolm Hanks 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).

  • Publication number: 20060288880
    Abstract: A bin filler apparatus for gently and automatically filling a storage bin with a fruit, such as apples. The bin filler includes an organizer with an infeed conveyor for delivering the fruit to an organizing mechanism, for positioning the fruit into a succession of fruit rows for transfer to a delivery head. The delivery head includes a pair of opposing wave belt type of conveyor belts, spaced apart to receive and contain the succession of fruit rows without compressing or squeezing the fruit. The wave belts collapse a they travel around the rollers of the conveyor belt and the second roller, releasing each fruit row, in succession, into the storage bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventor: Malcolm Hanks