Patents by Inventor Miguel A. Perez Galan

Miguel A. Perez Galan 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: 4592434
    Abstract: A produce weighing and selecting mechanism is disclosed where the feed system 8 is driven by a single drive means. The feed system 8 contains roller conveyors made up of rollers of discontinuous diameter alternating with rollers of constant diameter where the discontinuous rollers are rotated in a direction opposite the direction in which the conveyed objects are driven in order to sort the objects by size, before their presentation to a second transport means which presents the sorted objects singly to a third transport means. The third transport means possesses arms which gather up the singulated objects and transport them to a weigher, which possesses a slotted plate to support the object to be weighed as the arms of the third transport means pass through the slotted plate. Weighed objects are then ejected to a packaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Inventor: Miguel A. Perez Galan