Patents by Inventor Brian K. Kaiser

Brian K. Kaiser 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 belt cleaner scraper blade with sensor and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6591969
    Abstract: A conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade for cleaning the surface of a conveyor belt and a method of manufacture of the scraper blade. The scraper blade includes a body having a base member adapted to be attached to a cross shaft of a conveyor belt cleaner and a scraping member which extends outwardly from the base member to a scraping tip. The scraper blade includes one or more electrical sensors that are embedded in an insert member. The insert member and the sensors are molded and embedded within the body of the scraper blade. Each of the sensors is adapted to provide an electrical output signal representing a physical condition of the scraper blade sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Martin Engineering Company
    Inventors: R. Todd Swinderman, Andrew J. Waters, Shawn D. Lay, Pablo F. Perez, Brian K. Kaiser, Phillip E. Dietsch
  • Conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade with sensor and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20020100661
    Abstract: A conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade for cleaning the surface of a conveyor belt and a method of manufacture of the scraper balde. The scraper blade includes a body having a base member adapted to be attached to a cross shaft of a conveyor belt cleaner and a scraping member which extends outwardly from the base member to a scraping tip. The scraper blade includes one or more electrical sensors that are embedded in an insert member. The insert member and the sensors are molded and embedded within the body of the scraper blade. Each of the sensors is adapted to provide an electrical output signal representing a physical condition of the scraper blade sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: R. Todd Swinderman, Andrew J. Waters, Shawn D. Lay, Pablo F. Perez, Brian K. Kaiser, Phillip E. Dietsch
  • Torque tensioning tube for a conveyor belt mainframe
    Patent number: D880098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MARTIN ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul B. Harrison, Rudolf Beer, David W. Mueller, Brian K. Kaiser