Patents by Inventor Richard Clarke Miller

Richard Clarke Miller 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).

  • Article irradiation system in which article-transporting conveyor is closely encompassed by shielding material
    Patent number: 5994706
    Abstract: An article irradiation system includes a radiation source for scanning a target region with radiation; a first conveyor system for transporting articles from a loading area though the target region to an unloading area; and radiation shielding material defining a tunnel closely encompassing portions of the conveyor system extending away from the target region toward the loading and unloading areas for shielding the loading and unloading areas from radiation derived from the radiation source. The first conveyor system is disposed in a path having curved turns of such degree between the target region and the loading and unloading areas that the closely encompassing radiation shielding material precludes a direct line of sight between the target region and the loading and unloading areas and thereby facilitates a compact embodiment in which the first conveyor system may be included in an assembly line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Titan Corporation
    Inventors: John Thomas Allen, George Michael Sullivan, Jr., Michael Scott Brazell, Harrold Brook Knowles, Anthony Alexander Zante, Richard Joseph Mendonsa, Richard Clarke Miller, Kenneth Whitham