Patents by Inventor Andre Pate

Andre Pate 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: 5000655
    Abstract: Installation for handling ceramic products comprising a closed circuit 1 of carriages 2 passing through furnaces for drying 3 and baking, an unstacking station 7 and a stacking station 6 combined with transverse endless belts, one, 10, running from an empty support loading 13 to a stacking station 6 with operations of loading of green products on the supports, the other, 11, running from a station for picking up baked products 7 to a packaging station 29, the other, 12, running from the pickup of empty supports 7 to a system 30 of storage and transfer which returns the empty supports to the first belt 10; a first battery of pincers 21 operates between belt 10 and the position for stacking on carriages intermediate stops at the unstacking station 43; equidistant retractable mobile stops 17, 19 which are linked together, bringing the supports closer together for stacking and batteries of stops 36, 37 separating them for storage, transfer and loading on a belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Andre Pate