Patents by Inventor Donald E. Schrader

Donald E. Schrader 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).

  • Patent number: 5437380
    Abstract: A system for dividing a wire deck is provided. The system has a divider which is attached to opposed clips. These clips attach, releasibly, to the wire of the deck. These hooks can attach to either the longitudinal wires or the latitudinal wires. The divider is surrounded by a perimeter member which is continuous except for a space between the opposes clips. The upper side of the perimeter member is made of resilient material which allows the upper side to flex thereby creating a biasing means between the opposed hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Nashville Wire Products Co.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Peay, Donald E. Schrader
  • Patent number: 4729483
    Abstract: A deck member for a storage rack in which the front and rear portions of the deck member are provided with the front and rear planar platform surfaces including corresponding upwardly projecting transverse front and rear ridge mebers having a front-to-rear spacing slightly greater than the front-to-rear dimension of a storage container received on the deck member, to retain the storage container upon the deck member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: Nashville Wire Products Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Schrader
  • Patent number: 4216729
    Abstract: A support member for a deck member, such as a wire shelf, including an elongated channel having opposite end portions which are preferably die-formed to include side wall portions of lesser depth than the side walls of the channel and a web portion having a vertically projecting central flange member and bearing surfaces above the plane of the web of the main channel member, the bearing surfaces being adapted to rest upon the ledge of a transverse support beam, so that the support member spans a pair of support beams upon which the opposite end portions of the channel are supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Schrader
  • Patent number: 4140363
    Abstract: Apparatus for searching a large field of view to detect a modulated optical signal source utilizing an optical detector having a field of view capability less than the total field of view sought to be searched. A constant drive motor is coupled to a geneva five slot single pin mechanism which is fixed to a drum rotably mounted to a housing. A detector and associated focusing optics are positioned at the bottom of the housing with a housing window positioned on one side of the housing. Five reflective surfaces are positioned around the circumference of the drum so that the geneva mechanism intermittently rotates the drum to sequentially position each reflective surface to reflect optical energy passing through the housing window to the detector apparatus. The reflective surfaces are positioned at the varying angles around the drum so that different segments of the total field of view sought to be searched are sequentially interrogated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Donald A. Davis, Donald E. Schrader
  • Patent number: 4001977
    Abstract: A device for continuous blast treatment of parts is disclosed. The device employs an overhead monorail conveyor for carrying parts to be treated into a blast chamber where the parts are subject to a particulate blast, as for example, abrasive treatment. At least one rotary vestibule is employed to convey the parts on the monorail into and out of the blast chamber while providing dynamic abrasive tight sealing of the entrance and exit openings to the blast chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1977
    Assignee: Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Schrader