Patents by Inventor Willis M. Bercaw

Willis M. Bercaw 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).

  • Patent number: 4924601
    Abstract: A system for conditioning grain in a sealed container through the removal of liquid from a bushel of grain by sequentially evacuating high relative humidity air from the sealed container and thereafter allowing dry environmental air to reenter the sealed container. A sensor in the sealed container detects the relative humidity therein and supplies a controller with a signal to operate a pump which evacuates high relative humidity air from the sealed container. Thereafter, a pressure sensor detects a vacuum in the sealed container and supplies the controller with a signal which terminates the operation of the pump to allow dry environmental air to reenter the sealed container. The replacement of high relative humidity air with dry environmental air continues until the liquid content per bushel of grain is at a desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Inventor: Willis M. Bercaw