Patents by Inventor Alvin R. Eiterman

Alvin R. Eiterman 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: 8397787
    Abstract: A door mechanism includes a bracket and a door shaft, rotationally mounted to the bracket, to operate a door. The door mechanism includes a gear assembly having a ring gear, set of planetary gears, sun gear, and drive sprocket. The ring gear fixed to the door shaft. The door mechanism includes a holding brake to counter the closing bias of the door. The door release has an engaged position in which rotation of the door shaft in the second direction is impeded by a first brake; and a disengaged position in which rotation of the door shaft in the second direction is unimpeded by the first brake. The door mechanism includes a link and a second brake. The link is configured to melt in response to a predetermined temperature. The second brake is configured to provide resistance in response to component rotation exceeding a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Daus, Alvin R. Eiterman
  • Patent number: 6527037
    Abstract: A rolling door including an axle supported by end brackets, a plurality of drum wheels mounted on the axle, a multi-section door adapted to be selectively rolled and unrolled about the drum wheels, a gear wheel mounted on the axle proximate to one of the end brackets, a spring retainer associated with the gear wheel, a torsion spring having a first end operatively attached to the multi-section door and a second end attached to the spring retainer, a pivotally mounted pawl selectively engaging the gear wheel to maintain a selected counterbalance force setting and disengaging the gear wheel to permit adjustment of the counterbalance force setting, and a locking assembly carried on the pawl selectively engageable with the support bracket to lock the pawl in an engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Wayne-Dalton Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Daus, Alvin R. Eiterman
  • Publication number: 20020170688
    Abstract: A rolling door including an axle supported by end brackets, a plurality of drum wheels mounted on the axle, a multi-section door adapted to be selectively rolled and unrolled about the drum wheels, a gear wheel mounted on the axle proximate to one of the end brackets, a spring retainer associated with the gear wheel, a torsion spring having a first end operatively attached to the multi-section door and a second end attached to the spring retainer, a pivotally mounted pawl selectively engaging the gear wheel to maintain a selected counterbalance force setting and disengaging the gear wheel to permit adjustment of the counterbalance force setting, and a locking assembly carried on the pawl selectively engageable with the support bracket to lock the pawl in an engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: Wayne-Dalton Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Daus, Alvin R. Eiterman
  • Patent number: 5494093
    Abstract: A stop mechanism (40) for a rolling door system (10) having a drive shaft (16) connecting a roll cylinder (15) carrying door slats (12) and a power system (20), including a stator ring assembly (45) mounted coaxially of the drive shaft, a plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots (48) positioned on the radially inner surface (47) of the stator ring assembly, a generally cylindrical rotor (56) mounted within the stator ring assembly for rotation with the drive shaft, a cutout 65 in the rotor, a pivot 70 on the rotor, a stop dog (81) mounted on the pivot for rotation thereon responsive to centrifugal force created by rotation of the rotor, an axial projection (90) on the stop dog configured to engage the cutout at one rotational limit of the stop dog where the stop dog effects locking engagement with a slot, whereby the stop dog transmits stopping forces from the stator ring assembly to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Wayne-Dalton Corp.
    Inventor: Alvin R. Eiterman