Patents by Inventor Mark Schmidtgall

Mark Schmidtgall 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: 9481525
    Abstract: A vibratory conveyor is described and which includes a base frame; a reciprocally moveable conveyor bed supported by elongated springs and which are attached to each of the conveyor bed, and the base frame, and four unbalanced motors mounted on the base frame, and wherein the unbalanced motors when selectively energized, generate a vibratory force which is transmitted to the reciprocally moveable conveyor bed, and where, selective energizing of the four unbalanced motors can effect the movement of a product along the conveyor bed at a selectively variable speed in a manner not possible heretofore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean D. Dunham, Christopher A. Woiler, Jeffrey Sloop, Michael T. Jones, Eugene Groenewald, Koby J. Campbell, Mark Schmidtgall
  • Patent number: 8733540
    Abstract: An excited frame vibratory conveyor is described and which includes a base frame; a motor mount made integral and with the base frame; a pair of vibratory motors mounted on the motor mount; and an electrical circuit for energizing the pair of vibratory motors in a fashion which reduces movement of the base frame in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Woiler, Dean Dunham, Mark Schmidtgall, Jeff Brant, Tim Rickard, Chuck Jameson
  • Publication number: 20140097065
    Abstract: An excited frame vibratory conveyor is described and which includes a base frame; a motor mount made integral and with the base frame; a pair of vibratory motors mounted on the motor mount; and an electrical circuit for energizing the pair of vibratory motors in a fashion which reduces movement of the base frame in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Chris Woiler, Dean Dunham, Mark Schmidtgall, Jeff Brant, Tim Rickard, Chuck Jameson