Patents Assigned to The Louis Berkman Company
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Patent number: 5988534Abstract: An improved spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a the rear end of a cargo bed of a vehicle. The spreader assembly includes a spreader gate, a gate connector adapted to pivotably move the spreader gate about a substantially vertical axis enabling the gate to be swung away from said cargo bed, to expose an opening between the sidewalls of the cargo bed, and a spreader mount connected to the gate and extending rearwardly therefrom. The spreader gate includes a two gate sections positionable with respect to one another to provide a variable longitudinal length of the gate.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1998Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: James A. Kost, Elias J. Georgakopoulos
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Patent number: 5947391Abstract: A truck having a conveyor arrangement and a material spreader and a control mechanism to regulate the speed said conveyor arrangement conveys materials and to regulate the velocity the materials are ejected from said material spreader. The material spreader includes a material guider to guide the trajectory of substantially all of the materials in a direction substantially opposite the direction of forward movement of the truck. The control mechanism also includes a velocity sensor adapted to detect the velocity of the truck and to send a signal indicative of the truck velocity to a velocity controller. The velocity controller sends a signal to the conveyor arrangement and the material spreader which is dependent on the truck velocity to control the conveyor arrangement and the velocity of the materials ejected from the material spreader to obtain a material velocity relative to the ground surface of substantially zero when the truck is moving.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1998Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Glenn M. Beck, Edwin A. Friedl
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Patent number: 5890867Abstract: A dump truck having a dump body which includes a rotatable feedgate for adjusting the size of a passageway through a rear opening at the rear of the dump body. The rotatable feedgate is rotatably mounted within the rear opening to provide for improved control of the flow of materials within the dump body which pass through the rear opening when the feedgate is positioned into an open position. A side guide is incorporated into the rotatable feedgate to provide additional control of the flow rate of materials through the rear opening especially at low feed rates. The rotatable feedgate design includes a rotatable feedgate position for open mode hauling whereby the feedgate is repositioned in the rear of the dump body. An opening plate is also provided to be used to provide an alternative arrangement for sealing the tailgate opening while the rotatable feedgate is attached or detached from the dump body.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventor: Roland L. Hagemeyer
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Patent number: 5842649Abstract: A truck having a conveyor arrangement and a material spreader and a control mechanism to regulate the speed said conveyor arrangement conveys materials and to regulate the velocity the materials are ejected from said material spreader. The material spreader includes a material guider to guide the trajectory of substantially all of the materials in a direction substantially opposite the direction of forward movement of the truck. The control mechanism also includes a velocity sensor adapted to detect the velocity of the truck and to send a signal indicative of the truck velocity to a velocity controller. The velocity controller sends a signal to the conveyor arrangement and the material spreader which is dependent on the truck velocity to control the conveyor arrangement and the velocity of the materials ejected from the material spreader to obtain a material velocity relative to the ground surface of substantially zero when the truck is moving.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1997Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Glenn M. Beck, Edwin A. Friedl
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Patent number: 5823734Abstract: A dump truck having a dump body which includes an adjustable feedgate for adjusting the size of a passageway through a rear opening at the rear of the dump body. The feedgate is rotatably mounted within the rear opening to provide for improved control of the flow of materials within the dump body which pass through the rear opening when the feedgate is positioned into an open position. A side guide is incorporated into the feedgate to provide additional control of the flow rate of materials through the rear opening especially at low feed rates.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Roland L. Hagemeyer, Kenneth P. Manon
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Patent number: 5803003Abstract: Boat lift apparatus comprises vertically oriented upper and lower box beam track members mounted adjacent a dock for the upper track member to extend above the deck of the dock. The upper track member is rotatable relative to the lower track member, and the two track members support a boat cradle for vertical displacement therealong between a lower position in which the cradle is partially submerged in water for loading and unloading a boat thereon and an upper position in which the cradle is on the upper track member and pivotal therewith to overlie the deck. The cradle is provided with upper and lower bearing arrangements by which the cradle is supported for vertical displacement along the track members, and the lower bearing arrangement is comprised of opposed pairs of bearing blocks having planar surfaces for sliding engagement with the track members, and the upper bearing arrangement is comprised of opposed pairs of bearing rolls in rolling engagement with the track members.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1997Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventor: Robert V. Vickers
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Patent number: 5695822Abstract: A corrosion-resistant metal strip and method for making the same which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the metal strip is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of tin and zinc and a very low weight percentage of lead. The coating alloy may also include antimony, bismuth and copper to improve the coating process and/or improve the properties of the tin and zinc coating. A metal layer may also applied to the surface of the metal strip prior to applying the metallic alloy coating.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5671693Abstract: A pontoon boat mooring system is provided which comprises first and second rigid spacing members pivotably mounted in a spaced-apart relation at the edge of a dock. One or both of the spacing members may also be mounted for lateral movement relative to the dock to allow for use with boats of different widths. In use the spacing members are pivoted toward the mooring eyes on the forward portions of the pontoons and connected thereto by a pin which passes through two parallel portions of the spacing members and the mooring eye.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1996Date of Patent: September 30, 1997Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventor: Mark D. Robinson
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Patent number: 5669531Abstract: A conveyor for particulate matter is provided with a channel extension movable between a use position aligned with the channel and a non-use position displaced relative to the channel. The extension includes an angled edge which cooperates with the auger flighting to shear material as it leaves the extension to break apart lumps which form in the material and provide an even flow of material from the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1995Date of Patent: September 23, 1997Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventor: Roland L. Hagemeyer
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Patent number: 5667849Abstract: A corrosion-resistant metal strip and method for making the same which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the metal strip is a metallic coating comprised of tin and a very low weight percentage of lead. The coating alloy may also include antimony, bismuth, copper, zinc to improve the coating process and/or improve the properties of the tin coating. A metal layer may also applied to the surface of the metal strip prior to applying the metallic alloy coating.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1996Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5616424Abstract: A corrosion-resistant metal strip and method for making the same which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the metal strip is a metallic coating comprised of tin and a very low weight percentage of lead. The coating alloy may also include antimony, bismuth, copper, zinc to improve the coating process and/or improve the properties of the tin coating. A metal layer may also applied to the surface of the metal strip prior to applying the metallic alloy coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1995Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5597656Abstract: A corrosion-resistant metal strip and method for making the same which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the metal strip is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of tin and zinc and a very low weight percentage of lead. The coating alloy may also include antimony, bismuth and copper to improve the coating process and/or improve the properties of the tin and zinc coating. A metal layer may also applied to the surface of the metal strip prior to applying the metallic alloy coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5520964Abstract: Various metal coatings have been used for many years to inhibit oxidation of metals exposed to the natural elements of the atmosphere over a period of time. Terne alloy coatings which normally contain about 20% tin and about 80% lead are some of the most popular metal coating treatments to resist corrosion. The special formulation of the present invention reformulates the terne coating to constitute a tin and lead based coating where tin constitutes at least 90% of the terne and lead amounts to less than 0.1% and preferably less than 0.05% of the terne. The low lead terne coating may also include antimony and bismuth to provide strength and hardness to the low lead terne formulation having corrosion resistive qualities similar to that of standard terne coating formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jon F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5492772Abstract: A corrosion-resistant colored architectural material which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the material is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of a large weight percentage of zinc and a relatively large weight percentage of tin. The tin-zinc coating may also include nickel. The tin-zinc composition provides for both a highly corrosive-resistant coating which protects the surface of the architectural material from oxidation and also produces a gray, earth tone colored which is not highly reflective.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1995Date of Patent: February 20, 1996Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5491036Abstract: A corrosion-resistant metal strip and method for making the same which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the metal strip is a metallic coating comprised of tin and a very low weight percentage of lead. The coating alloy may also include antimony, bismuth, copper, zinc to improve the coating process and/or improve the properties of the tin coating. A metal layer may also applied to the surface of the metal strip prior to applying the metallic alloy coating.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1995Date of Patent: February 13, 1996Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5491035Abstract: A corrosion-resistant architectural material which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the material is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of zinc and tin. The tin-zinc coating may also include aluminum, antimony, bismuth, copper, magnesium, nickel and/or titanium to improve the coating process and/or improve the properties of the tin-zinc coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1994Date of Patent: February 13, 1996Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5489490Abstract: A corrosion-resistant strip roofing material which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the roofing material is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of a large weight percentage of tin and a relatively large weight percentage of zinc. The tin-zinc composition provides for both a highly corrosive-resistant coating which protects the surface of the roofing material from oxidation and also a gray surface coloring which is not highly reflective.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1994Date of Patent: February 6, 1996Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5480731Abstract: Various metal coatings have been used for many years to inhibit oxidation of metals exposed to the natural elements of the atmosphere over a period of time. Terne alloy coatings which normally contain about 20% tin and about 80% lead are some of the most popular metal coating treatments to resist corrosion. The special formulation of the present invention reformulates the terne coating to constitute a tin and lead based coating where tin constitutes at least 90% of the terne and lead amounts to less than 0.1% and preferably less than 0.05% of the terne. The low lead terne coating may also include antimony and bismuth to provide strength and hardness to the low lead terne formulation having corrosion resistive qualities similar to that of standard terne coating formulations.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1995Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: 5470667Abstract: A corrosion-resistant colored architectural material which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the material is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of a large weight percentage of zinc and a relatively large weight percentage of tin. The tin-zinc composition provides for both a highly corrosive-resistant coating which protects the surface of the architectural material from oxidation and also produces a gray, earth tone colored which is not highly reflective.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1994Date of Patent: November 28, 1995Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventors: Jay F. Carey, II, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh
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Patent number: D399326Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: The Louis Berkman CompanyInventor: Fred E. Kelly