Patents by Inventor E. Douglas Betts

E. Douglas Betts 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: 5522764
    Abstract: A feed device for a shrimp peeling machine in which a shrimp is delivered in a feed conveyor means to a shrimp clamp assembly located on a rotatable transport wheel and the feed conveyor is longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the clamp assembly. Means also are provided for synchronizing the drop off of a shrimp from the conveying means to a clamp assembly. The shrimp peeling machine also includes a hold-down wheel for assisting the clamping of shrimp in a clamp assembly, a dual brush deveining assembly and a shrimp meat removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Gregor Johsson, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon T. Keith, E. Douglas Betts, Michael J. Dancy, James E. Pershinske
  • Patent number: 5366405
    Abstract: A feed device for a shrimp peeling machine in which a shrimp is delivered in a feed conveyor means to a shrimp clamp assembly located on a rotatable transport wheel and the feed conveyor is longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the clamp assembly. Means also are provided for synchronizing the drop off of a shrimp from the conveying means to a clamp assembly. The shrimp peeling machine also includes a hold-down wheel for assisting the clamping of shrimp in a clamp assembly, a dual brush deveining assembly and a shrimp meat removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Gregor Jonsson, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon T. Keith, E. Douglas Betts, Michael J. Dancy, James E. Pershinske
  • Patent number: 4414709
    Abstract: There is disclosed a shrimp processing machine of a type which includes a plurality of processing stations. One of the processing stations is a cutting station having a rotary blade for cutting the shrimp lengthwise. The machine also includes a carrier for gripping the shrimp and transferring the shrimp seriatim through the processing stations. The carrier includes a plurality of clamps for gripping the shrimp, wherein each clamp has a pair of spaced apart opposed structures defining an elongate space therebetween and a backup or intervening structure arranged to be received within the elongate space for coacting with the opposed structures to grip the shrimp. The intervening structures include an elongate slot arranged to be adjacent the shrimp for allowing the rotary blade to enter the slot through the shrimp for cutting the shrimp entirely therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Gregor Jonsson Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: E. Douglas Betts
  • Patent number: 4040379
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a boat including a boat hull having a centerline, a pair of stern drive units supported by the boat hull and each including an engine, a shaft driven by the engine and having an axis of rotation extending at an angle to the boat centerline so that the axes converge in a rearward direction, a propulsion unit disposed rearwardly of the engine and including a propeller driven by the shaft, and a unit supporting the propulsion unit for steering movement relative to the boat hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventor: E. Douglas Betts
  • Patent number: 4030470
    Abstract: A threaded opening in an engine block member including a cast-in liner having an outer surface and an inner surface forming at least a portion of an interior wall of a combustion chamber and a die cast outer body is provided by forming first and second concentric apertures in the liner prior to casting the outer body with the first aperture extending entirely through the thickness of the liner and the second aperture having an inner diameter larger than that of the first aperture and terminating short of the liner inner surface. A cylindrical insert of sufficient length to provide the axial length of the threaded opening is press fitted or threaded into the second aperture with a portion extending above the outer surface of the liner. The outer body is thereafter cast over the outer surface of the liner and the outer surface of the insert and an internal threaded opening is drilled and tapped in the insert so that a part threaded into the insert can communicate with the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventor: E. Douglas Betts