Patents Represented by Law Firm Bockey, Milnamow & Katz, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5762176
    Abstract: A vibratory apparatus for use with associated vibratory conveyance equipment includes a pair of counter-rotating shafts respectively carrying counter-rotating eccentrically mounted weights for generating vibratory forces attendant to counter-rotation of the shafts. Economical manufacture of the apparatus is promoted by providing a toothed belt drive for effecting counter-shaft rotation, with externally-mounted bearing assemblies provided to facilitate periodic bearing maintenance. A housing of the apparatus is configured as a fabricated composite beam assembly to promote economical manufacture, and mounting and integration of the vibratory apparatus with associated vibratory feed equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Harold E. Patterson, Paul I. Sleppy