Patents by Inventor Eric Rokey

Eric Rokey 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).

  • High efficiency conveyor assembly
    Patent number: 9776797
    Abstract: Material processing apparatus (20) includes a housing (22) with a plurality of vertically stacked inverting pan conveyors (42, 44) therein. Each conveyor (42, 44) includes a plurality of conveyor pans (50) traveling between and around aligned front and rear sprocket pairs (90, 92) to define upper and lower conveyor runs (52, 54). Each pan (50) has a perforated base plate (56) presenting a pair of opposed material-supporting surfaces (58, 60). As the pans (50) traverse the sprocket pairs (90, 92), they are inverted, and material (110) carried by the upper run pans (50) is transferred to the lower run pans (50) by passage of the material around and/or between the sprocket pair (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Van Dalsem, Eric Rokey, Dennis Howard Baumgartner, Jim Painter, Keith Erdley
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170225897
    Abstract: Material processing apparatus (20) includes a housing (22) with a plurality of vertically stacked inverting pan conveyors (42, 44) therein. Each conveyor (42, 44) includes a plurality of conveyor pans (50) traveling between and around aligned front and rear sprocket pairs (90, 92) to define upper and lower conveyor runs (52, 54). Each pan (50) has a perforated base plate (56) presenting a pair of opposed material-supporting surfaces (58, 60). As the pans (50) traverse the sprocket pairs (90, 92), they are inverted, and material (110) carried by the upper run pans (50) is transferred to the lower run pans (50) by passage of the material around and/or between the sprocket pair (90).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Van Dalsem, Eric Rokey, Dennis Howard Baumgartner, Jim Painter, Keith Erdley
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170225898
    Abstract: Material processing apparatus (20) includes a housing (22) with a plurality of vertically stacked inverting pan conveyors (42, 44) therein. Each conveyor (42, 44) includes a plurality of conveyor pans (50) traveling between and around aligned front and rear sprocket pairs (90, 92) to define upper and lower conveyor runs (52, 54). Each pan (50) has a perforated base plate (56) presenting a pair of opposed material-supporting surfaces (58, 60). As the pans (50) traverse the sprocket pairs (90, 92), they are inverted, and material (110) carried by the upper run pans (50) is transferred to the lower run pans (50) by passage of the material around and/or between the sprocket pair (90).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Van Dalsem, Eric Rokey, Dennis Howard Baumgartner, Jim Painter, Keith Erdley
  • High efficiency conveyor assembly
    Patent number: 9725244
    Abstract: Material processing apparatus (20) includes a housing (22) with a plurality of vertically stacked inverting pan conveyors (42, 44) therein. Each conveyor (42, 44) includes a plurality of conveyor pans (50) traveling between and around aligned front and rear sprocket pairs (90, 92) to define upper and lower conveyor runs (52, 54). Each pan (50) has a perforated base plate (56) presenting a pair of opposed material-supporting surfaces (58, 60). As the pans (50) traverse the sprocket pairs (90, 92), they are inverted, and material (110) carried by the upper run pans (50) is transferred to the lower run pans (50) by passage of the material around and/or between the sprocket pair (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Van Dalsem, Eric Rokey, Dennis Howard Baumgartner, Jim Painter, Keith Erdley
  • High efficiency conveyor assembly
    Patent number: 9540175
    Abstract: Material processing apparatus (20) includes a housing (22) with a plurality of vertically stacked inverting pan conveyors (42, 44) therein. Each conveyor (42, 44) includes a plurality of conveyor pans (50) traveling between and around aligned front and rear sprocket pairs (90, 92) to define upper and lower conveyor runs (52, 54). Each pan (50) has a perforated base plate (56) presenting a pair of opposed material-supporting surfaces (58, 60). As the pans (50) traverse the sprocket pairs (90, 92), they are inverted, and material (110) carried by the upper run pans (50) is transferred to the lower run pans (50) by passage of the material around and/or between the sprocket pair (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Van Dalsem, Eric Rokey, Dennis Howard Baumgartner, Jim Painter, Keith Erdley