Patents by Inventor Mark Andrew Salter

Mark Andrew Salter 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).

  • Flexible liner for hoppers or chutes
    Patent number: 7938244
    Abstract: A flexible liner (10) for a hopper or chute (40) has a plurality of overlapping flexible liner panels or tiles (20) secured to the walls (41,42) of the hopper or chute (40) by fixing strips (30). Each flexible liner panel or tile (20) has an elongate body (21) and a flexible fin or flap (22) formed integrally of elastomeric material, where the flexible fin or flap (22) extends at an acute included angle (?) (in the direction of flow of material through the hopper or chute (140)) to the side walls (41,42) and the Shore A hardness of the elongate body 21) is equal to, or greater than, the Shore A hardness of the flexible fin or flap (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Trelleborg Queensland Rubber Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Darrin John Neville, Bradley-John Robert Parker, Mark Andrew Salter