Patents by Inventor Frank L. Laytner

Frank L. Laytner 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).

  • Orienter
    Patent number: 5325954
    Abstract: A strand preorienter is formed by a plurality of spaced parallel preorienter shafts each having a plurality of preorienter discs mounted thereon in axially spaced relationship. The preorienter discs on adjacent shafts overlap and form preorienter partition walls which defined opposite sides of preorienter passages through which the strands fall onto an orienter having orienter passages that align the strands as required. The preorienter passages are significantly wider than the orienter passages and have their outlets positioned immediately above the orienter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Trus Joist MacMillan
    Inventors: Bradley J. Crittenden, Derek Barnes, Robert M. Knudson, Frank L. Laytner