Patents Assigned to Umana Family Corporation
  • Patent number: 9346642
    Abstract: An bed roller machine for use in rolling a rug having a leading edge, comprising a main body having a main bed, a plurality of belts configured to move the leading edge of the rug into the cavity and up, a first set of fingers, each finger of the first set having a surface having a first concave cylindrical curvature, wherein the surfaces of the first set are aligned, and wherein the first set of fingers are movable as a set, and a second set of fingers, each finger of the second set having a surface having a second concave cylindrical curvature looser that that of the first surface, wherein the surfaces of the second set are aligned, and wherein the second set of fingers are movable as a set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: UMANA FAMILY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kufre Effiong Akpan
  • Patent number: 8960587
    Abstract: A mat rolling machine for rolling a mat having a leading edge and a trailing edge may include a frame, at least one first drive belt, a plurality of second drive belts, a plurality of third drive belts, and a plurality of fourth drive belts. At least one of the belts may be coupled together at an oblique angle relative to the direction of travel of the belt. The mat rolling machine may include a plurality of primary fingers and a plurality of secondary fingers having a smaller radius of curvature on a lower face than the plurality of primary fingers. The mat rolling machine may include at least one support member for guiding a mat along a path through the mat rolling machine, and at least one pusher for discharging a rolled mat from the rear of the mat rolling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Umana Family Corporation
    Inventor: Kufre Effiong Akpan