Patents by Inventor Quentin Kemph

Quentin 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).

  • Grape processing apparatus
    Patent number: 8708153
    Abstract: A grape processing apparatus and method is described and which includes a screen, a cleated conveyor belt with a bottom flight and which is spaced from the screen, and a source of bunches of grapes which have associated stems, and which are fed into a predetermined space between the bottom flight of the cleated conveyor belt and the screen, and wherein the bunches of grapes move along the screen in a rolling and tumbling motion to separate the individual grapes from the associated stems, and wherein the individual grapes are collected thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Hufford, Tracy McGowen, Quentin Kemph
  • GRAPE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140048459
    Abstract: A grape processing apparatus and method is described and which includes a screen, a cleated conveyor belt with a bottom flight and which is spaced from the screen, and a source of bunches of grapes which have associated stems, and which are fed into a predetermined space between the bottom flight of the cleated conveyor belt and the screen, and wherein the bunches of grapes move along the screen in a rolling and tumbling motion to separate the individual grapes from the associated stems, and wherein the individual grapes are collected thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: David W. Hufford, Tracy McGowen, Quentin Kemph
  • Manufacturing device for use with a vibratory conveyor, and method for manufacturing a product
    Patent number: 7775343
    Abstract: A manufacturing device for use with a vibratory conveyor having a product transporting bed, and a method for manufacturing a product is described and which includes a flexible substrate having a first upper course, and a second lower course which rests upon a product transporting bed of a vibratory conveyor, and wherein a product which is being manufactured and transported by the vibratory conveyor travels between the upper and lower courses of the flexible substrate as the product moves along the vibratory conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Quentin Kemph, Eric Mason, Ken Carambot, Teri Johnson, Phil Hoffman, Brian Howton
  • Manufacturing device for use with a vibratory conveyor, and method for manufacturing a product
    Publication number: 20080210525
    Abstract: A manufacturing device for use with a vibratory conveyor having a product transporting bed, and a method for manufacturing a product is described and which includes a flexible substrate having a first upper course, and a second lower course which rests upon a product transporting bed of a vibratory conveyor, and wherein a product which is being manufactured and transported by the vibratory conveyor travels between the upper and lower courses of the flexible substrate as the product moves along the vibratory conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Quentin Kemph, Eric Mason, Ken Carambot, Teri Johnson, Phil Hoffman, Brian Howton