Patents by Inventor Gerald Kerkhoff

Gerald Kerkhoff 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).

  • Publication number: 20080093199
    Abstract: A conveyor cleaning brush assembly and method are disclosed. In some embodiments, the conveyor cleaning brush assembly comprises a brush coupled to a frame and movable to different positions with respect to a conveyor surface to be cleaned by the brush. The brush can be substantially elongated, and in some embodiments is rotatable about two or more axes that can extend in a machine direction of the conveyor surface, a cross-machine direction of the conveyor surface, or in any other direction therebetween. The brush can be coupled to and movable along a beam coupled to the frame, such as to move the brush to different cross-machine positions of the conveyor surface. Also, in some embodiments, the brush can be moved into and out of engagement with the conveyor surface. Such movement of the brush can be accomplished, for example, by movement of a beam to which the brush is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Dale Reynebeau, Michael Bricco, Michael Romenesko, Gerald Kerkhoff