Lawrence E Wilkerson

6726026, Apr 27, 2004

Aug 20, 2001

09/934133

Lawrence Edwin Wilkerson - Mill Valley CA, 94941

B07B 400

209477, 209479, 209480, 209493

An apparatus and method for the separation of husks and other chaff material apart from bird seed includes a smaller diameter inner container that is placed inside of a larger diameter outer container. A plurality of feet elevate the inner container above a floor of the outer container. A lid is used to cover the outer container and also the inner container. A housing is attached to the inside center of the lid and it includes a motor disposed distally from the lid with a fan blade attached thereto to displace air. A plurality of vanes are attached to the housing from which they extend until they contact the inside surface of the inner container. The vanes prevent a cyclonic air current pattern from occurring and so help to displace the husks apart from the seed. An offset mass introduces vibration which tends to raise more of the husks to the surface where they are displaced out from the inner container. The husks pass around the outside edge of the inner container and settle in a pile underneath the inner container on the floor of the outer container thereby leaving predominantly good clean seed in the inner container once again ready for use.

7238025, Jul 3, 2007

Oct 3, 2003

10/678335

Lawrence Edwin Wilkerson - San Rafael CA, US
Kathy Lynne Cituk - San Rafael CA, US

G09B 19/00

434236, 434322, 434323

A system and method for determining a level of empathy between two people includes four sets of questions for each query posed, a first set being how a first participant feels about a topic, a second set being how the first participant thinks a second participant would answer the same question, a third set being how the second participant feels about the topic, and a fourth set being how the second participant thinks the first participant will answer the same question. A “weighted” numerical range of possible answer selections are provided for each question from each set. The first set is compared with the fourth set, the second set is compared with the third set to determine an empathy index for each query for each of the participants. The process is repeated for a plurality of questions that are averaged to also provide an overall empathy index and also various group indices.