Michael J Moran

US Patent:

45910120, May 27, 1986

Filed:

Feb 19, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/702891

Inventors:

Michael J. Moran - Raleigh NC
Joseph B. Lohr - Chapel Hill NC

Assignee:

USM Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

G01G 1952
G01G 2122

US Classification:

177145

Abstract:

A weighing bucket receives product dumped from an overlying holding bucket and causes an underlying load cell to produce an electrical signal representative of the weight of the product in the weighing bucket. After being weighed, the product is swept out of the weighing bucket by a high volume blast of low pressure air produced by an air entraining nozzle. As a result of using air to empty the weighing bucket, the weighing bucket requires no doors or other moving parts and thus may be constructed with high stiffness and with a high natural frequency to reduce low frequency disturbances of the weight signal and to improve the accuracy of such signal as well as to reduce the time required for the weighing cycle.

US Patent:

46167226, Oct 14, 1986

Filed:

Mar 28, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/717002

Inventors:

Michael J. Moran - Raleigh NC

Assignee:

USM Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

G01G 1322
G01G 1922
G01G 1316

US Classification:

177 99

Abstract:

A computerized scale in which each weighing bucket is formed by two side-by-side compartments and by a single door which shuttles back and forth between two positions beneath the compartments. Each time the door changes positions, it closes one compartment to permit product to be dropped into and weighed in such compartment and, at the same time, opens the other compartment to permit previously weighed product to fall therefrom. As a result, one compartment is filled as the other compartment is being emptied so as to significantly increase the cycle rate of the scale.

US Patent:

46811761, Jul 21, 1987

Filed:

Aug 1, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/892669

Inventors:

Michael J. Moran - Raleigh NC
Tadeusz Kemnitz - Durham NC

Assignee:

501 USM Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

G01G 1324
G01G 1900

US Classification:

177114

Abstract:

A product handling and weighing apparatus having a rotary paddle wheel with vanes forming product pockets therebetween to hold the product and transfer the product through a weighing bucket.

US Patent:

46275045, Dec 9, 1986

Filed:

Jun 7, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/742553

Inventors:

Michael J. Moran - Raleigh NC

Assignee:

USM Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

G01G 1922
G01G 1324
G01G 1314

US Classification:

177 1

Abstract:

An improved method of taking tare weights is provided for automatic weighing machines. Periodically, the sequence of weighing cycles is interrupted in order that a tare cycle may be executed. During the tare cycle, all the weighing buckets of the weighing machine which were emptied in the last weighing cycle are weighed in their empty state. The new values for the tare weights are stored and the old values are discarded. By introducing a tare cycle between successive weighing cycles, all weighing buckets are available in each weighing cycle for finding the best combination.

US Patent:

47433370, May 10, 1988

Filed:

Oct 3, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/915281

Inventors:

Michael J. Moran - Raleigh NC
James M. Suttle - Durham NC

Assignee:

USM Corporation - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B30B 1534

US Classification:

1565831

Abstract:

In a bagmaker, two pairs of opposed jaws to draw a web of material about a former and seal the web to form separate bags, each set of jaws are cantilevered on a support and have electromagnetic assist to provide pressure during sealing.