Patents by Inventor Bob McGarrigle

Bob McGarrigle 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).

  • Belt conveyor for transferring a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine and a method for changing the belt loop of a belt conveyor for a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine
    Patent number: 7500553
    Abstract: A belt conveyor for transferring a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine has a frame construction (15) and a belt loop (20), which is arranged around rolls (16, 17). The belt conveyor has adjustment elements (21) for changing the relative position of the rolls (16, 17). The adjustment elements (21) include transfer elements (22), which are arranged in connection with both edges of the frame construction (15). The adjustment elements (21) act in mutual co-operation for moving the roll (17) by operating the transfer elements (22) from one side of the frame construction (15). A belt loop for the belt conveyor for a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine is readily changed from one side of the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob McGarrigle, Mikko Tähkäpää, Veli-Pekka Koljonen, Mikael Junttonen, Matti Lehtonen
  • Belt conveyor for transferring a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine and a method for changing the belt loop of a belt conveyor for a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine
    Publication number: 20060011318
    Abstract: A belt conveyor for transferring a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine has a frame construction (15) and a belt loop (20), which is arranged around rolls (16, 17). The belt conveyor has adjustment elements (21) for changing the relative position of the rolls (16, 17). The adjustment elements (21) include transfer elements (22), which are arranged in connection with both edges of the frame construction (15). The adjustment elements (21) act in mutual co-operation for moving the roll (17) by operating the transfer elements (22) from one side of the frame construction (15). A belt loop for the belt conveyor for a web threading tail in a web manufacturing machine is readily changed from one side of the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Bob McGarrigle, Mikko Tähkäpää, Veli-Pekka Koljonen, Mikael Junttonen, Matti Lehtonen