Patents by Inventor Randal D. Ingle

Randal D. Ingle 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).

  • Nut-cracking apparatus
    Patent number: 8215233
    Abstract: A nut-cracking apparatus that is compact and efficient cracks nuts at high production rates. The nut-cracking apparatus includes an endless conveyor and delivers nuts from a hopper to a delivery point. The nuts are engaged at the delivery point by a nut-cracking unit which cracks the nuts. The endless conveyor includes nut pockets which are made up of separate nut pocket segments that are movable from open to closed positions. The nut pocket segments are in an open position where the nuts are cracked to provide ample room for cracking of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Savage Equipment Incorporated
    Inventors: Basil W. Savage, Steven W. Savage, Randal D. Ingle
  • NUT-CRACKING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100116154
    Abstract: A nut-cracking apparatus that is compact and efficient cracks nuts at high production rates. The nut-cracking apparatus includes an endless conveyor and delivers nuts from a hopper to a delivery point. The nuts are engaged at the delivery point by a nut-cracking unit which cracks the nuts. The endless conveyor includes nut pockets which are made up of separate nut pocket segments that are movable from open to closed positions. The nut pocket segments are in an open position where the nuts are cracked to provide ample room for cracking of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Basil W. Savage, Steven W. Savage, Randal D. Ingle
  • Nut-cracking apparatus
    Patent number: 7673561
    Abstract: A nut-cracking apparatus that is compact and efficient cracks nuts at high production rates. The nut-cracking apparatus includes an endless conveyor and delivers nuts from a hopper to a delivery point. The nuts are engaged at the delivery point by a nut-cracking unit which cracks the nuts. The endless conveyor includes nut pockets which are made up of separate nut pocket segments that are movable from open to closed positions. The nut pocket segments are in an open position where the nuts are cracked to provide ample room for cracking of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Savaga Equipment Incorporated
    Inventors: Basil W. Savage, Steven W. Savage, Randal D. Ingle
  • Nut-cracking apparatus
    Patent number: 7377211
    Abstract: A nut-cracking apparatus has an endless conveyor that delivers nuts from a hopper to a pickup point. A rotating turret is mounted to a frame and includes a plurality of nut-cracking units. The nut-cracking units engage nuts carried by the endless conveyor at the pickup point and remove nuts therefrom. The forward sprocket about which the endless conveyor rotates has an axis of rotation that is offset from the axis of rotation of the turret. The axis of rotation of the forward conveyor sprocket falls within a circular periphery defined by the nut-cracking units on the rotating turret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Savage Equipment Incorporated
    Inventors: Basil W. Savage, Steven W. Savage, Randal D. Ingle