Patents by Inventor Arnold Serenkin

Arnold Serenkin 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).

  • Self cleaning bearing assembly for use in a dehydrator or washer for particulate solids
    Patent number: 6467964
    Abstract: A self cleaning bearing assembly for use in a dehydrator washer for particulate solids which comprises a feed reservoir for water and particulate solids and an inclined main screw conveyor having a projecting shaft lower end portion submerged in the reservoir. The bearing assembly comprises a housing having an end cap at one end and an opening at the opposite end in communication with the interior of the feed reservoir. The housing has its longitudinal center line coincident with the main screw conveyor and a stub shaft mounted on the end cap of the bearing assembly also has its axis coincident with that of the main crew conveyor and its shaft. The projecting lower end portion of the main conveyor shaft and the stub shaft are disposed with the stub shaft in radially spaced relationship within the main shaft and a sleeve bearing is disposed in the radial space between the stub shaft and the main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: National Conveyors Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Smith, Arnold Serenkin
  • Self cleaning bearing assembly for use in a dehydrator or washer for particulate solids
    Publication number: 20020110296
    Abstract: A self cleaning bearing assembly for use in a dehydrator washer for particulate solids which comprises a feed reservoir for water and particulate solids and an inclined main screw conveyor having a projecting shaft lower end portion submerged in the reservoir. The bearing assembly comprises a housing having an end cap at one end and an opening at the opposite end in communication with the interior of the feed reservoir. The housing has its longitudinal center line coincident with the main screw conveyor and a stub shaft mounted on the end cap of the bearing assembly also has its axis coincident with that of the main crew conveyor and its shaft. The projecting lower end portion of the main conveyor shaft and the stub shaft are disposed with the stub shaft in radially spaced relationship within the main shaft and a sleeve bearing is disposed in the radial space between the stub shaft and the main shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Brian L. Smith, Arnold Serenkin