Patents by Inventor Frederick E. Fauth

Frederick E. Fauth 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).

  • Can end washer and dryer
    Patent number: 4324265
    Abstract: A device for cleaning can ends made in the form of a flat circular member having a number of high pressure fluid orifices disposed in a circle on one flat face of the member and connected internally to a high pressure air inlet. Alternating with the orifices are a number of through-bores which serve as exhaust ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1982
    Assignee: American Bottlers Equipment Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick E. Fauth
  • Conveyor and control therefor
    Patent number: 4313536
    Abstract: A conveyor using rollers as the conveying surface and driven by a drive unit composed of a drive gear mounted on a drive shaft and driving a number of pinion gears each of which is connected to a roller through a flexible shaft. A sprocket wheel is mounted for free rotation on the drive shaft and pair of thrust washers is fixed to the drive shaft on either side of the sprocket wheel. The thrust washers are biased against the sprocket wheel by a spring which provides an adjustable torque. A number of modules containing rollers and a drive unit as just described are mounted together to form a conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: American Bottlers Equipment Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick E. Fauth