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Inventor: Ken R. Powell


Address: Fairfax, VA
No. of patents: 4
Last patent issue date: 05/20/1997

NumberTitleIssue Date
5630493Acceptance assembly for a reverse vending machine
An acceptance assembly for a commodity collection, densification, and storage device includes a frame, an insert tube disposed in the frame defining an inlet for receiving a commodity and an outlet, a sensor disposed in the frame proximate the outlet for ...
05/20/1997
5465822Commodity densification assembly having a multiple path distribution device
An assembly is provided for densifying and distributing recycled commodities, such as aluminum cans, glass bottles, and PET bottles. A sensor senses a feature of the commodity, including material of composition and color. Based on the sensed material of c...
11/14/1995
5441160Method of collecting densified commodities using a mobile multi-compartment commodity collection and storage assembly
A method of collecting a plurality of commodities includes the steps of densifying each of the pluralities of commodities into a plurality of densified materials, collecting the plurality of densified materials into at least one of a plurality of segregat...
08/15/1995
5355987Single station reverse vending machine
A commodity collection, densification and storage assembly comprises a housing, an insert port in the housing for receiving a commodity, a gate mechanism adjacent the insert port movable between an open and closed position for allowing the commodity to pa...
10/18/1994
 
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