Patents by Inventor Nico Willem Van Vliet

Nico Willem Van Vliet 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR WEIGHING POULTRY MOVING IN A CONVEYOR LINE
    Publication number: 20230400345
    Abstract: An apparatus for weighing poultry in a conveyor line can include carriers for the poultry, linked to each other by a driving chain. The conveyor line can include at least a curved track section and a weighing track section, wherein a weighing station is located along the weighing track section. A chain tension control mechanism can include a rotatable wheel having its circumference following the curved track section and pass the weighing track section, which rotatable wheel can support a series of engaging units that engage the chain and/or the carriers in the curved track section to tension the chain and disengage the chain and/or the carriers in the weighing track section to release tension in the chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Willem Hagendoorn, Aloysius Christianus Maria Van Steijn, Izzet Ozkan, Patrick Keesman, Eric De Jong, Nico Willem Van Vliet