Patents by Inventor Mark Krehel

Mark Krehel 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: 20240415108
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling animal pests has a housing having a passage extending into the housing, the passage having a front wall and a rear wall, an impacting member movable across the passage from the front wall to the rear wall, the impacting member having a slidable arm extending out from the rear wall and having a free distal end having an impactor extending downwardly from the free distal end of the arm at the front wall, a retraction mechanism having a first support and a second support with the first support being integral with the rear wall, and a spring connected to the second support and the arm, a sensor positioned within the passage for providing a signal representative of the sensing of the presence of the animal pest, and the impacting member is operable to be released to rapidly move across the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Krehel, Ken Gauthier, Joe Abercrombie
  • Patent number: 12089583
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling animal pests comprises a housing having a passage extending into the housing from an entrance, an impacting member movable across the passage and a planar sensor spaced apart from the kill bar by a predetermined distance along the passage towards the entrance, the planar sensor configured to sense the presence of the animal pest across a sensing plane across the passage wherein the impacting member is operable to be released to rapidly move across the passage when the planar sensor indicates the presence of the animal pest as passed through the sensing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CATCH DATA IP HOLDINGS LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Krehel, Ken Gauthier, Joe Abercrombie
  • Publication number: 20240147983
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling animal pests wherein the apparatus comprises a housing having a passage extending into the housing from an entrance, an impacting member movable across the passage, at least one scanner positioned to scan the animal pest a processor. The processor is operably coupled to the at least one scanner and the impacting member and is configured to receive information from the scanner and adjust at least one operating parameter of the impacting member wherein the impacting member is operable to be released to rapidly move across the passage. The method comprises scanning with the scanner the animal pest and adjusting with the processor, at least one operating parameter of the impacting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Krehel, Ken Gauthier, Lucas Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20230309546
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling animal pests comprises a housing having a passage extending into the housing from an entrance, an impacting member movable across the passage and a planar sensor spaced apart from the kill bar by a predetermined distance along the passage towards the entrance, the planar sensor configured to sense the presence of the animal pest across a sensing plane across the passage wherein the impacting member is operable to be released to rapidly move across the passage when the planar sensor indicates the presence of the animal pest as passed through the sensing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mark KREHEL, Ken GAUTHIER, Joe ABERBROMBIE
  • Publication number: 20090158910
    Abstract: A replaceable cutter tooth for mounting to a saw blade has a concave front cutting surface extending from and between opposite kerf forming linear side edges, and from and between a radially inner curved edge, radially inner when mounted on a saw blade, and a radially outermost curved cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Mark Krehel
  • Publication number: 20070074616
    Abstract: A replaceable cutter tooth for mounting to a saw blade has a concave front cutting surface extending from and between opposite kerf forming linear side edges, and from and between a radially inner curved edge, radially inner when mounted on a saw blade, and a radially outermost curved cutting edge. A groove extends in the radial direction from the radially inner curved edge to the radially outermost curved edge, generally medially between and substantially parallel to the side edges so as to reduce the surface area of a front face of the front cutting surface of the tooth for ease of re-sharpening in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventor: Mark Krehel
  • Patent number: 7150215
    Abstract: A replaceable cutter tooth for mounting to a saw blade has a concave front cutting surface extending from and between opposite kerf forming linear side edges, and from and between a radially inner curved edge, radially inner when mounted on a saw blade, and a radially outermost curved cutting edge. A groove extends in the radial direction from the radially inner curved edge to the radially outermost curved edge, generally medially between and substantially parallel to the side edges so as to reduce the surface area of a front face of the front cutting surface of the tooth for ease of re-sharpening in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Camco Cutting Tools Ltd.
    Inventor: Mark Krehel
  • Publication number: 20040244560
    Abstract: A replaceable cutter tooth for mounting to a saw blade has a concave front cutting surface extending from and between opposite kerf forming linear side edges, and from and between a radially inner curved edge, radially inner when mounted on a saw blade, and a radially outermost curved cutting edge. A groove extends in the radial direction from the radially inner curved edge to the radially outermost curved edge, generally medially between and substantially parallel to the side edges so as to reduce the surface area of a front face of the front cutting surface of the tooth for ease of re-sharpening in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Mark Krehel