Patents by Inventor Miles Taggart Hanon

Miles Taggart Hanon 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).

  • Bagging apparatus
    Patent number: 6125615
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for accumulating specified weights of objects, such as apples, and delivering them to a plurality of off-load conveyors, the off-load conveyors delivering the apples to chutes which can then guide the apples into a single bagging apparatus. The flow of the apples on the chutes is controlled by a gate overlying all the chutes and a speed control brush that rotates at a desired speed to control the flow rate of the apples down the chute into the bagger. The apparatus and method are controlled by the interaction of a computer and a programmable logic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Yakima Wire Works
    Inventors: Gary G. Germunson, Miles Taggart Hanon
  • Bagging apparatus
    Patent number: 6000200
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for accumulating specified weights of objects, such as apples, and delivering them to a plurality of off-load conveyors, the off-load conveyors delivering the apples to chutes which can then guide the apples into a single bagging apparatus. The flow of the apples on the chutes is controlled by a gate overlying all the chutes and a speed control brush that rotates at a desired speed to control the flow rate of the apples down the chute into the bagger. The apparatus and method are controlled by the interaction of a computer and a programmable logic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Yakima Wire Works
    Inventors: Gary G. Germunson, Miles Taggart Hanon