Patents by Inventor Mark Larry WALTERS

Mark Larry WALTERS 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).

  • Articulating air-blast system and method for initiating flow of bulk materials in containment vessels
    Patent number: 8833608
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitate the unloading of bulk materials from containment vessels and transport vehicles, including non-flowing DDGs in such vehicles, is disclosed. The system includes a compressed air system that further includes a motor, an air compressor, and an air reservoir; a hydraulic fluid system that further includes a motor, a hydraulic fluid reservoir, and a pump; a wireless control system; a slew drive; a hydraulically-powered, articulating boom arm that also includes hydraulic cylinders that remain in a plane parallel to the boom arm throughout operation of the system; and a blaster assembly with first and second ends that includes an air reservoir proximate the first end, a mount assembly, a discharge tube assembly, and a discharge tip assembly that includes a shooting valve proximate the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Pneumat Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Larry Walters, Terry Dale Pankratz, Gregory Wallace Nelson
  • ARTICULATING AIR-BLAST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING FLOW OF BULK MATERIALS IN CONTAINMENT VESSELS
    Publication number: 20140134006
    Abstract: A system and method to facilitate the unloading of bulk materials from containment vessels and transport vehicles, including non-flowing DDGs in such vehicles, is disclosed. The system includes a compressed air system that further includes a motor, an air compressor, and an air reservoir; a hydraulic fluid system that further includes a motor, a hydraulic fluid reservoir, and a pump; a wireless control system; a slew drive; a hydraulically-powered, articulating boom arm that also includes hydraulic cylinders that remain in a plane parallel to the boom arm throughout operation of the system; and a blaster assembly with first and second ends that includes an air reservoir proximate the first end, a mount assembly, a discharge tube assembly, and a discharge tip assembly that includes a shooting valve proximate the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Larry WALTERS, Terry Dale PANKRATZ, Gregory Wallace NELSON