Patents by Inventor Brent Schirm

Brent 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
    Publication number: 20070093192
    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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Kenneth Lebsack, Brent Schirm, Michael Hardy, Kenneth Arnote, David Alexander
  • CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH PIVOTABLE HOOKS
    Publication number: 20070026784
    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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth LEBSACK, Brent SCHIRM, Michael HARDY, Kenneth ARNOTE, David ALEXANDER
  • Meathod and means for stuffing natural casings with sausage emulsion
    Publication number: 20060035574
    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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Townsend Engineering Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Arnote, Brent Schirm