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Kenneth L. Lebsack — 20 Patents

TETownsend Engineering: 10 patents #10 of 77Top 15%
STStork Townsend: 9 patents #1 of 44Top 3%
MPMarel Meat Processing: 1 patents #8 of 31Top 30%
Ankeny, IA: #20 of 408 inventorsTop 5%
Iowa: #612 of 15,303 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Kenneth L. Lebsack has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Townsend Engineering. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in April 2014. Kenneth L. Lebsack ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Kenneth L. Lebsack in Ankeny, IA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2006.peak 41998: 1 patents19982000: 2 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 2 patents20032005: 1 patents2006: 4 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents2014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8695782 Conveying system for moving food products and method of using the same Brent M. Veldkamp, Andrew W. Maddux, Colin R. Hart, Joshua W. Higgins, Craig A. Smiens 2014-04-15
7582007 Open top meat skinning device Matthew Sawhill, Bryan Kanis, James Myers, Matthew A. Bergman 2009-09-01
7520802 Conveyor system with moveable drop point Brent M. Veldkamp, David W. Alexander, Kenneth B. Arnote 2009-04-21
7347772 Conveyor system with pivotable hooks Brent R. Schirm, Michael J. Hardy, Kenneth B. Arnote, David W. Alexander 2008-03-25
7241213 Open top meat skinning device Matthew Sawhill, Bryan Kanis, James Myers, Matthew A. Bergman 2007-07-10
7198563 Shoe tensioning linkage for meat skinner Matthew A. Bergman, James Myers, Matthew Sawhill, Brent M. Veldkamp 2007-04-03
7172502 Tool-less blade change shoe for a skinning machine Matthew A. Bergman, James Myers, Matthew Sawhill, Brent M. Veldkamp 2007-02-06
7160184 Conveyor system with pivotable hooks Brent R. Schirm, Michael J. Hardy, Kenneth B. Arnote, David W. Alexander 2007-01-09
7094141 Method and apparatus for loading casings onto the stuffing tube of a sausage making machine Matthew Sawhill 2006-08-22
7066804 Method and apparatus for loading different sized casings onto the stuffing tube of a sausage making machine Matthew Sawhill 2006-06-27
7033264 Method and means for filling natural casing sausages Stephen H. Cate, Marcellinus F. Ottow, Steven P. Hergott, Vincent L. Basile, II, Michael S. Simpson +3 more 2006-04-25
6981912 Method and means for filling natural casing sausages Stephen H. Cate, Marcellinus F. Ottow, Steven P. Hergott, Vincent L. Basile, II, Michael S. Simpson +3 more 2006-01-03
6855046 Method and means for filling natural casing sausages Stephen H. Cate, Marcellinus F. Ottow, Steven P. Hergott, Vincent L. Basile, II, Michael S. Simpson +3 more 2005-02-15
6638154 Thrust collar for encasing natural casings, and method of use thereof Grzegorz Misiewicz 2003-10-28
6558241 Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a sausage making machine Steven P. Hergott, Kenneth B. Arnote, David Hamblin 2003-05-06
D461293 Sausage conveyor hook James Myers, Kenneth B. Arnote, Brad T. Mcavoy 2002-08-06
6325711 Twister mechanism for a sausage making machine Theo R. Bruinsma 2001-12-04
6135870 Mounting assembly for detachably supporting stuffing tubes on sausage encasing machines David Hamblin 2000-10-24
6125991 Conveyor chain and system for looped sausage products Brent M. Veldkamp, David Hamblin 2000-10-03
5813907 Casing hopper for meat emulsion machine, and method of use thereof Craig A. Smiens, Brent M. Veldkamp 1998-09-29

Frequent Collaborators

Matthew Sawhill6 shared
David Hamblin6 shared
Brent M. Veldkamp6 shared
James Myers5 shared
Kenneth B. Arnote5 shared
Matthew A. Bergman4 shared

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