Patents by Inventor Quentin F. Kemph

Quentin F. Kemph 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).

  • Sorting apparatus
    Patent number: 8714362
    Abstract: A sorting apparatus is described, and which includes a conveyor which transports a produce stream for inspection. The conveyor has various regions formed in part of ridges, troughs and apertures which reduce the weight of the produce stream, as well as reduces the vertical and horizontal components of motion of the produce stream, as the produce stream progresses from one end to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter T. Jones, Brandon T. Hall, David W. Hufford, Timothy L. Justice, Tracy L. McGowen, Gerald R. Richert, Roydan T. Tomlinson, Jean-Francois Pellet, Quentin F. Kemph
  • Sorting apparatuses and sorting methods
    Patent number: 6250471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sorting apparatuses and sorting methods. According to one aspect of the present invention, a sorting apparatus includes an intake section configured to receive plural articles to be sorted; an exhaust section located downstream of the intake section; and an air manifold adjacent the intake section and positioned to emit an air stream in a generally downstream direction and wherein the articles move in a given direction of movement, and the emitted air stream sorts at least some articles from remaining articles and directs the at least some articles in the downstream direction from the intake section to the exhaust section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Ruthven, Quentin F. Kemph