Patents by Inventor Anne Shanks

Anne Shanks 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).

  • Publication number: 20070289848
    Abstract: A web cover for an endless conveyor is formed from one continuous belt of wear-resistant, non-metallic sheet material in which a plurality of closely spaced holes are provided. The web cover is endless and intended to overlie the screen of said conveyor wherein the web cover is formed with the ends of the belt being joined together by fastening means. The fastening means comprises two parts. Both parts have reflexive sections and have two limbs with one part being secured to each end of the belt with a limb above and below the said end of the belt. One part is provided with a lengthwise series of spaced hook elements and the other part is provided with a correspondingly spaced lengthwise series of apertures through which extends and is secured a rod around which each hook element is engagable and is held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: David Rankin, Anne Shanks