Patents by Inventor Chad J. Cotter

Chad J. Cotter 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: 8544783
    Abstract: An infeed assembly for a wood reduction apparatus that is selectively adjustable to feed waste into a wood reduction mill along different paths. In one embodiment, the infeed assembly includes at least one movable wall segment that is pivotally movable between extended and retracted positions. In the retracted position, the infeed assembly feeds wood waste into the mill along a path perpendicular. In the extended position, the infeed assembly feeds wood waste into the mill along an angled path. The wall segment may include a fixed end that is pivotally secured to the sidewall and a free end that is selectively movable into the infeed path to provide a surface directing the wood waste along an angled path into the mill. The infeed assembly may include two wall segments that are pivotally extendable into the infeed path from opposite sidewall. The two wall segments may pivot from opposite ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Morbark, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad J. Cotter, Nelson C. Langworthy
  • Patent number: 8061640
    Abstract: A plurality of chipper inserts that may be installed on a hammermill rotor in place of the hammer inserts to selectively convert the rotor to a chipper. The chipper inserts include drum surfaces that cooperatively define a chipper drum. The chipper inserts may include cutter inserts that have a cutter disposed in a cutter pocket. The chipper drum may be a generally continuous cylindrical interrupted essentially only by the cutter pockets. The cutters and cutter pockets may be positioned in essentially any desired pattern around the drum. The chipper inserts may include a left cutter insert, a center cutter insert, a right cutter insert and three different size spacer inserts. The different types of cutter inserts and spacer inserts may be installed about the rotor with at least one left cutter insert mounted on the left end of the chipper drum and at least one right cutter insert mounted on the right end of the chipper drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Morbark, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad J. Cotter, Nelson C. Langworthy
  • Publication number: 20110000988
    Abstract: An infeed assembly for a wood reduction apparatus that is selectively adjustable to feed waste into a wood reduction mill along different paths. In one embodiment, the infeed assembly includes at least one movable wall segment that is pivotally movable between extended and retracted positions. In the retracted position, the infeed assembly feeds wood waste into the mill along a path perpendicular. In the extended position, the infeed assembly feeds wood waste into the mill along an angled path. The wall segment may include a fixed end that is pivotally secured to the sidewall and a free end that is selectively movable into the infeed path to provide a surface directing the wood waste along an angled path into the mill. The infeed assembly may include two wall segments that are pivotally extendable into the infeed path from opposite sidewall. The two wall segments may pivot from opposite ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: MORBARK, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Cotter, Nelson C. Langworthy
  • Publication number: 20100206973
    Abstract: A plurality of chipper inserts that may be installed on a hammermill rotor in place of the hammer inserts to selectively convert the rotor to a chipper. The chipper inserts include drum surfaces that cooperatively define a chipper drum. The chipper inserts may include cutter inserts that have a cutter disposed in a cutter pocket. The chipper drum may be a generally continuous cylindrical interrupted essentially only by the cutter pockets. The cutters and cutter pockets may be positioned in essentially any desired pattern around the drum. The chipper inserts may include a left cutter insert, a center cutter insert, a right cutter insert and three different size spacer inserts. The different types of cutter inserts and spacer inserts may be installed about the rotor with at least one left cutter insert mounted on the left end of the chipper drum and at least one right cutter insert mounted on the right end of the chipper drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MORBARK, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Cotter, Nelson C. Langworthy