Patents by Inventor Clark David Carpenter

Clark David Carpenter 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).

  • Publication number: 20220401961
    Abstract: A shredder includes a shredder box and a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box. The shredder rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis and has a plurality of rotor teeth. An access door is pivotally moveable between an open position and a closed position, the access door defining a side wall of the shredder box when in the closed position. A shredder comb is positioned at an interior side of the access door and includes a plurality of shredder comb teeth. When the access door is in the closed position, the shredder comb is positioned at a shredding location to intermesh with the plurality of rotor teeth for shredding material input to the shredder box. The plurality of shredder comb teeth are removable and reversible for use in two orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Clark David Carpenter, Keith Leon Roozeboom
  • Patent number: 11338298
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for a material reducing machine that allows a reducing rotor to be selectively configurable in a plurality of different reducing configurations. The different reducing configurations in which the reducing rotor can be configured can include reducing configurations having reducers located at different positions, reducing configurations having different reducer densities (e.g., different overall densities and different regionalized densities), reducer configurations having different reducer counts, reducer configurations having different reducer patterns, and reducer configurations having different lay-outs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Claudio Carrafiello Verzilli, Clark David Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20200197947
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for a material reducing machine that allows a reducing rotor to be selectively configurable in a plurality of different reducing configurations. The different reducing configurations in which the reducing rotor can be configured can include reducing configurations having reducers located at different positions, reducing configurations having different reducer densities (e.g., different overall densities and different regionalized densities), reducer configurations having different reducer counts, reducer configurations having different reducer patterns, and reducer configurations having different lay-outs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Claudio Carrafiello Verzilli, Clark David Carpenter