Patents by Inventor Brent R Schirm

Brent R Schirm 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 system with pivotable hooks
    Patent number: 7347772
    Abstract: A conveyor system for linked sausage strands having a frame with an operating platform. The platform has opposite first and second ends, opposite sides, a top surface, and a wall extending along the sides and ends. A channel is formed in the top surface and a conveyor chain is disposed within the channel. Secured to the chain are a plurality of pivotable hooks that are movable between a loading position and an unloading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Stork Townsend Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Lebsack, Brent R. Schirm, Michael J. Hardy, Kenneth B. Arnote, David W. Alexander
  • Conveyor system with pivotable hooks
    Patent number: 7160184
    Abstract: A conveyor system for linked sausage strands having a frame with an operating platform. The platform has opposite first and second ends, opposite sides, a top surface, and a wall extending along the sides and ends. A channel is formed in the top surface and a conveyor chain is disposed within the channel. Secured to the chain are a plurality of pivotable hooks that are movable between a loading position and an unloading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Stork Townsend Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Lebsack, Brent R. Schirm, Michael J. Hardy, Kenneth B. Arnote, David W. Alexander
  • Method and means for stuffing natural casings with sausage emulsion
    Patent number: 7066803
    Abstract: A machine for stuffing natural casings with emulsion, the machine having an emulsion stuffing tube with a first end and a discharge end for extruding emulsion into a casing on an outer surface of the stuffing tube, the stuffing tube extending through a twisting mechanism proximate the discharge end; and a follower having an insert with a central bore that slidably receives the stuffing tube wherein the insert has an outer surface and a receiving chamber with a diameter less than a diameter of the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Stork Townsend Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth B Arnote, Jr., Brent R Schirm