Patents by Inventor Craig J. Bude

Craig J. Bude 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).

  • Sanitary conveyor center drive assembly
    Patent number: 7383944
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly has a continuous conveyor belt driven between a pair of spaced side frame members by a center drive assembly having a pair of spaced side plates connected to the side frame members. A drive roller arrangement is driven by a drive motor arrangement coupled to the drive roller arrangement to move the conveyor belt. A freely rotatable guide roller arrangement is slidably mounted between the side frame members and the side plates between an operating position in which the conveyor belt passes around the guide roller assembly before engaging the drive roller arrangement, and a cleaning position in which the guide roller arrangement is slidably removable away from the side frame members and the side plates and out of engagement with the conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Dorner Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hall, Craig J. Bude
  • SANITARY CONVEYOR CENTER DRIVE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20070295583
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly has a continuous conveyor belt driven between a pair of spaced side frame members by a center drive assembly having a pair of spaced side plates connected to the side frame members. A drive roller arrangement is driven by a drive motor arrangement coupled to the drive roller arrangement to move the conveyor belt. A freely rotatable guide roller arrangement is slidably mounted between the side frame members and the side plates between an operating position in which the conveyor belt passes around the guide roller assembly before engaging the drive roller arrangement, and a cleaning position in which the guide roller arrangement is slidably removable away from the side frame members and the side plates and out of engagement with the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Scott M. Hall, Craig J. Bude