Patents by Inventor Frank Comer Burroughs

Frank Comer Burroughs 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).

  • Single motor blower
    Patent number: 7568642
    Abstract: An apparatus for installation of a material having discrete elements. The apparatus includes a supply material having discrete elements and a transporter system downstream of the supply material having discrete elements. In embodiments, the transporter system includes: a high speed, inline blower; a material agitator upstream of the inline blower, the material agitator including a plurality of concentric rings with serrations on the upper surface of each arm, wherein at least one outer ring includes saw tooth serrations on the upper surface of the ring; a transmission connected to the shaft of the blower for providing a lower speed mechanical output to the material agitator; and an orifice substantially adjacent to the inlet of the blower for receiving the supply material having discrete elements. In embodiments, the apparatus further includes an applicator assembly connected downstream to the transporter system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: U.S. GreenFiber, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Bowman, Frank Comer Burroughs, Joseph Chester Willingham, Sr., William Crockett Richardson, III, Mitchell Ray Smith
  • Single motor blower
    Publication number: 20070246584
    Abstract: An apparatus for installation of a material having discrete elements. The apparatus includes a supply material having discrete elements and a transporter system downstream of the supply material having discrete elements. In embodiments, the transporter system includes: a high speed, inline blower; a material agitator upstream of the inline blower, the material agitator including a plurality of concentric rings with serrations on the upper surface of each arm, wherein at least one outer ring includes saw tooth serrations on the upper surface of the ring; a transmission connected to the shaft of the blower for providing a lower speed mechanical output to the material agitator; and an orifice substantially adjacent to the inlet of the blower for receiving the supply material having discrete elements. In embodiments, the apparatus further includes an applicator assembly connected downstream to the transporter system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: David J. Bowman, Frank Comer Burroughs, Joseph Chester Willingham, William Crockett Richardson, Mitchell Ray Smith