Patents by Inventor Robert Lapeyre

Robert Lapeyre 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).

  • CONVEYOR WITH A MOTORIZED TRANSPORT ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20050011725
    Abstract: A conveying system including individually motorized transport elements or shoes that transport articles laterally across a conveyor. The motorized transport elements ride along tracks across the width of the conveyor. A motor drives each transport element across the conveyor. Local controllers in the transport elements or in the conveyor control the application of power to the motors and, thereby, the lateral positioning of the transport elements and the conveyed articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Laitram L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert Lapeyre, Christopher Greve
  • Flexible flight modules in modular plastic conveyor belts
    Patent number: 6695135
    Abstract: Modular plastic conveyor belt modules with flexible flights. The belt modules are molded out of a hard thermoplastic material. Upstanding structure made out of a resilient rubber-like material is bonded to a base portion of the belt module to form a flexible flight that can yield to obstructions and blows that might otherwise damage flights made of less resilient materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Robert Lapeyre