Patents by Inventor Timothy R. Smith

Timothy R. Smith 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the recognition and counting of discrete objects
    Patent number: 5317645
    Abstract: An apparatus for counting discrete objects of various sizes and shapes as they travel through the apparatus in a disorderly flow. The apparatus includes a sensor array which comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a linear fashion. The discrete objects are passed over the sensor array. By utilizing the sensor array as a means for obtaining information about the discrete objects, the apparatus samples the sensor array at predetermined time intervals, examines the various contours of the images produced through the sampling and based upon predetermined criteria determines whether an image represents one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Kirby Lester Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Perozek, Timothy R. Smith
  • Method and composition for filtering beer, ale or malt liquor to reduce multivalent metal cations
    Patent number: 5009906
    Abstract: Described is a method of reducing multivalent metal cations from beer, ale or malt liquors comprising the steps of:providing an alkali metal silicate-treated finely divided diatomaceous earth (DTE); andcontacting the beer, ale or malt liquor with the silicate-treated DTE by filtering the beer through the silicate-treated DTE thereby reducing the multivalent metal cation content of the beer, ale or malt liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Manville Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy R. Smith