Patents by Inventor Scott R. Alexander

Scott R. Alexander 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: 7819120
    Abstract: A respiratory component mounting assembly includes a first respiratory component, a second respiratory component and a mounting clip for mounting the second respiratory component to the first respiratory component. Each of the first and second respiratory components includes at least two spaced apart clip openings. The mounting clip has an intermediate portion and two spaced apart free ends connected to the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion of the mounting clip is received within both of the clip openings of the first respiratory component and the free ends of the mounting clip are received in the clip openings of the second respiratory component for releasably securing the first and second respiratory components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David S. Taylor, Peter D. Lee, Desmond T. Curran, Peter B. Allen, Scott R. Alexander
  • Patent number: 6994018
    Abstract: Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Brown International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, Scott R. Alexander, David J. Hancock
  • Publication number: 20040007105
    Abstract: Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Brown International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, Scott R. Alexander, David J. Hancock
  • Patent number: 4155327
    Abstract: An apparatus for high speed application of locking compound to threaded fasteners. A chute guides a continuous flow of fasteners from a feeder bowl to a transporting wheel supported for rotation about a vertical axis. The wheel is provided with a magnet around its periphery which magnetically engages the heads of the fasteners to hold their threaded shanks extending horizontally outwardly from the periphery of the wheel. The fasteners are heated by induction heating and a liquid compound is applied under pressure to a controlled portion of the threads through a continuously vibrated nozzle. Heated air is then applied to drive off solvent from the compound. An air blower then applies ambient temperature air, followed by injecting a cooling air mist containing soluble oil which prevents the fasteners from adhering to each other prior to the hardening of the compound. A pick-off wheel magnetically driven by the transporting wheel separates the fasteners from the transporting wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: Torkon Fastener Corporation
    Inventors: Scott R. Alexander, Darrel L. Burke
  • Patent number: D522351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David S. Taylor, Peter B. Allen, Scott R. Alexander, Jason A. Graves