Patents by Inventor Henry H. Gilley, JR.

Henry H. Gilley, JR. 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).

  • Roller-noise reduction in conveyor belts
    Patent number: 9096379
    Abstract: Low-noise rollers in modular plastic conveyor belts. Energy-absorbing elements formed on belt rollers or in roller support structure is used to absorb the energy of impacts between rollers and the support structure. The energy-absorbing elements include resilient roller sections sandwiched between rigid sections, spring-like bent tabs on the end faces of rollers, hinged bumpers or flexible fingers between the end faces of the rollers and the roller support structure, and flexible structure protruding from the module into circumferential grooves in the outer cylindrical surface or circular grooves formed in the end faces of the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Henry H. Gilley, Jr., David C. Weiser
  • ROLLER-NOISE REDUCTION IN CONVEYOR BELTS
    Publication number: 20140183009
    Abstract: Low-noise rollers in modular plastic conveyor belts. Energy-absorbing elements formed on belt rollers or in roller support structure is used to absorb the energy of impacts between rollers and the support structure. The energy-absorbing elements include resilient roller sections sandwiched between rigid sections, spring-like bent tabs on the end faces of rollers, hinged bumpers or flexible fingers between the end faces of the rollers and the roller support structure, and flexible structure protruding from the module into circumferential grooves in the outer cylindrical surface or circular grooves formed in the end faces of the rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: LAITRAM, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Henry H. Gilley, JR., David C. Weiser