Patents by Inventor Arend Jacobus Brink

Arend Jacobus Brink 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).

  • Conveyor belt support
    Patent number: 6193055
    Abstract: A support structure for a conveyor belt which includes two upwardly extending, pivotally mounted, support arms, a garland of conveyor idler rollers suspended between upper ends of the support arms and, for each support arm, respective biasing means which permits pivotal movement of the support arm, towards the other support arm, only when the support arm exerts a force on the respective biasing means in excess of a predetermined load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Scorpio Conveyor Products (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Arend Jacobus Brink
  • Idler roller
    Patent number: 6148986
    Abstract: An end cap for an idler roller has a first component which is engageable with an idler shell, an inner cover and an outer cover. Two of these end caps are engaged with opposing ends of an idler shell to form an idler roller. The idler roller is assembled by engaging the two end caps with opposing ends of the idler shell, placing the assembly in an injection molding machine and injection molding a plastic coating over at least the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Flow Handling (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Arend Jacobus Brink, Alan Habberley
  • Scraper blade for primary belt scraper
    Patent number: 5944167
    Abstract: A composite scraper blade which is suitable for use with a primary belt scraper which includes a support formed from a first material and an abrasion resistant scraping element which is formed from a second material and which is engaged with the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Scorpio Conveyor Products (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Arend Jacobus Brink
  • Plough scraper mounting arrangement
    Patent number: 5875881
    Abstract: A plough scraper assembly for use with a conveyor belt which includes a plough scraper, first and second overhead supports which are spaced from each other in the direction of belt movement, first and second levers which are respectively pivotally attached at their upper ends to the first and second supports and, at their lower ends, to the plough scraper, the levers being inclined downwardly in the direction of belt movement, and a spring which biases the scraper towards the belt surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Scorpio Conveyor Products (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Arend Jacobus Brink
  • Conveyor belt scraper
    Patent number: 5826700
    Abstract: A conveyor belt scraper which includes a bracket which is formed with two arms which extend in opposing directions, and two base pieces which are respectively engageable with the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: SLIC Trading Company Limited
    Inventor: Arend Jacobus Brink