Patents Assigned to SRM, LLC
  • Patent number: 10934088
    Abstract: A manway open and close assist device that is operably connected to at least one upper hinge attachable to a manway cover and a lower hinge attached to a vessel or tank. The device comprises. A disc-like piston is mounted on a threaded input screw and at least one anti-rotation member to provide linear translation of the piston due to rotation of the input screw. A cylindrical and tubular housing that receives the threaded input screw, the anti-rotation member, and the piston, wherein the housing has a plurality of helical grooves disposed in its inner surface that receive teeth on the outer surface of the piston. The housing may be fixed to the upper hinge member(s) and a rotation of the housing and attached hinge member(s) is effectuated by rotating the input screw and resulting linear movement of the piston to open and close the manway cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SRM, LLC
    Inventor: James Craig
  • Patent number: 10088094
    Abstract: An anchoring system for a movable structure is provided. The anchoring system can include a base plate and an anchor rod assembly. The base plate includes a slot configured for receiving a portion of the anchor rod assembly. The slot can include a pocket for receiving and retaining the portion of the assembly. The assembly can be secured to the movable structure and can include a handle component, an extension component and an anchor rod having a threaded member engaged with the extension component and handle component so that the anchor rod can be lifted and lowered relative to the extension component. The system can be operated by moving the structure so that the anchor assembly engages the slot of the base plate and enters the pocket. The anchor rod is then retracted within the pocket, thereby securing the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SRM, LLC
    Inventor: James Craig
  • Publication number: 20140260830
    Abstract: A seal-break pliers used to separate components in food processing, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing or processing system. The seal-break pliers including a first section and a second section. Each section includes a handle, a head section, and a transition section disposed and angularly orientated between the handle and the head section. A fastener pivotally couples the first section to the second section such that displacing the first and second handles toward each other results in a relative movement of the head sections toward each other. Each head portion includes a guide projection, a flange notch adjacent to the guide projection, and a wedge projection adjacent to the flange notch. The flange notch is configured to receive a portion of the flange of a component. The wedge projection may include a pointed edge proximate the flange notch and an inclined surface extending away from the pointed edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SRM, LLC dba Holloway America
    Inventors: Charles Patrick McKee, David E. Simpson
  • Patent number: 8328245
    Abstract: A clamp adapter assembly for connecting an instrument to a pressure vessel. The clamp adapter assembly allows an operator to convert a bolt connection base known in the art into a base suitable for utilizing a clamped connection similarly known in the art. The connection assembly includes a bottom plate, at least one fastener to fasten the bottom plate to a base, a top retaining plate, and a clamp. The peripheral portions of the bottom plate and top retaining plate may be beveled in order to be received within a tri-clamp. The top retaining plate may include two sections that overlappingly engage one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: SRM, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Gayer, Charles P. McKee, Carl Johnson