Patents by Inventor Brad Chamberlain

Brad Chamberlain 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).

  • Method and device for the optimized circulation of rods in the production of a seamlessly hot-fabricated steel pipe according to the continuous pipe method
    Patent number: 9248483
    Abstract: A device for the optimized circulation of mandrels includes a presentation and/or cooling table for mandrel rods, a lubricating station for the mandrel rods, optionally an additional drying station for the lubricant applied to the mandrels, and associated roller conveyors. An additional secondary rod circulation of is arranged upstream of the standard rod circulation and includes two redundantly operating transfer tables connected to the presentation and/or cooling table by a third roller conveyor or the first roller conveyor for the discharge of no longer needed rods from the standard rod circulation. The third roller conveyor either forms the continuation of the first roller conveyor or is arranged parallel thereto with an offset. A fourth roller conveyor for accommodating mandrel rods or passing mandrel rods intermittently into the standard circulation via an intermediate buffer is arranged on the opposite side of the transfer tables parallel to the first roller conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: VALLOUREC DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Kümmerling, Frank Hagemann, Gabriel Moniz Pereira, Nils Schäfer, Ken Johnson, Brad Chamberlain
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE OPTIMIZED CIRCULATION OF RODS IN THE PRODUCTION OF A SEAMLESSLY HOT-FABRICATED STEEL PIPE ACCORDING TO THE CONTINUOUS PIPE METHOD
    Publication number: 20120272704
    Abstract: A device for the optimized circulation of mandrels includes a presentation and/or cooling table for mandrel rods, a lubricating station for the mandrel rods, optionally an additional drying station for the lubricant applied to the mandrels, and associated roller conveyors. An additional secondary rod circulation of is arranged upstream of the standard rod circulation and includes two redundantly operating transfer tables connected to the presentation and/or cooling table by a third roller conveyor or the first roller conveyor for the discharge of no longer needed rods from the standard rod circulation. The third roller conveyor either forms the continuation of the first roller conveyor or is arranged parallel thereto with an offset. A fourth roller conveyor for accommodating mandrel rods or passing mandrel rods intermittently into the standard circulation via an intermediate buffer is arranged on the opposite side of the transfer tables parallel to the first roller conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: V & M DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Kümmerling, Frank Hagemann, Gabriel Moniz Pereira, Nils Schäfer, Ken Johnson, Brad Chamberlain