Patents by Inventor Tom Atwell

Tom Atwell 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).

  • Air slide analyzer system and method
    Patent number: 9719948
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: XRSCIENCES, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Charette, Tom Atwell, Jacob Lopp, Chaur-Ming Shyu
  • Air Slide Analyzer System and Method
    Publication number: 20170023500
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Colin Charette, Tom Atwell, Jacob Lopp, Chaur-Ming Shyu
  • Air slide analyzer system and method
    Patent number: 9500604
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: XRSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Charette, Tom Atwell, Jacob Lopp, Chaur-Ming Shyu
  • AIR SLIDE ANALYZER SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150338356
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Colin Charette, Tom Atwell, Jacob Lopp, Chaur-Ming Shyu