Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Coulter

Thomas L. Coulter 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).

  • Particulate compositions
    Patent number: 6636812
    Abstract: An on-line sampling and analysis system and method in which a sampling line inlet pipe receives a continuous flow of a suspension or a slurry having particulates, such as grains, seed or phosphate rock, for rapid analysis of the contents therein in a flowing stream. A sample presentation area such as a window is positioned below the flow of the suspension or slurry in an assembly allowing for the depositing of a sample of solid content from the suspension or slurry which is collected for viewing by a computer controlled video camera. The camera is provided for imaging the sample of the solid content collected at the sample presentation area, and a personal computer analyzes images provided by the camera to characterize the content of the fluid media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pegram, Scott P. Klein, Christopher L. Davidson, Stanley A. Patterson, Thomas L. Coulter, John R. Schmedeman
  • Particulate compositions
    Publication number: 20010027379
    Abstract: An on-line sampling and analysis system and method in which a sampling line inlet pipe receives a continuous flow of a suspension or a slurry having particulates, such as grains, seed or phosphate rock, for rapid analysis of the contents therein in a flowing stream. A sample presentation area such as a window is positioned below the flow of the suspension or slurry in an assembly allowing for the depositing of a sample of solid content from the suspension or slurry which is collected for viewing by a computer controlled video camera. The camera is provided for imaging the sample of the solid content collected at the sample presentation area, and a personal computer analyzes images provided by the camera to characterize the content of the fluid media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pegram, Scott P. Klein, Christopher L. Davidson, Stanley A. Patterson, Thomas L. Coulter, John R. Schmedeman
  • On-line sampling and image analyzer for determining solid content in a fluid media
    Patent number: 6178383
    Abstract: An on-line sampling and analysis system and method in which a sampling line inlet pipe receives a continuous flow of a suspension or a slurry having particulates, such as grains, seed or phosphate rock, for rapid analysis of the contents therein in a flowing stream. A sample presentation area such as a window is positioned below the flow of the suspension or slurry in an assembly allowing for the depositing of a sample of solid content from the suspension or slurry which is collected for viewing by a computer controlled video camera. The camera is provided for imaging the sample of the solid content collected at the sample presentation area, and a personal computer analyzes images provided by the camera to characterize the content of the fluid media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pegram, Scott P. Klein, Christopher L. Davidson, Stanley A. Patterson, Thomas L. Coulter, John R. Schmedeman