Patents by Inventor James F. Hergenrother

James F. Hergenrother 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: 5240101
    Abstract: A conveyor for unscrambling and discharging in single file articles received in random order and orientation from side-by-side sources, the conveyor having a plurality of rollers arranged in parallel relationship to each other, the central axes of the rollers being parallel and skewed to the side frame of the conveyor, a plurality of intermediate roller support frame members spaced from the side frame and extending lengthwise to the transport surface, aligned rollers on each side of each of the intermediate frame members being separate and independent from the rollers on the opposite side thereof, certain ones of the intermediate frame members being parallel to the side frame, the intermediate frame members dividing the article transport surface of the conveyor into a plurality of article transport zones with one of the transport zones at the article receiving end of the conveyor having a width which is a minor portion of the total width of the conveyor and means driving the rollers thereof at a higher periph
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Rapistan Demag Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis E. LeMay, James F. Hergenrother