Patents by Inventor Geoffrey H. Moore

Geoffrey H. Moore 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: 6719555
    Abstract: A roll forming apparatus used for rolling a material around a cylindrical core that comprises a core support, a roll support means, and a material supply means. The core support has an associated core rotation means for rotating the core about an axis at a controllable rate. The roll support means supports a plurality of forming rolls positioned to surround the core about the core rotation axis. The roll support means has a roll control means operable to both radially position the plurality of forming rolls relative to the core rotation axis so that they are equally spaced from the rotation axis. The material supply means is for supplying the selected material to the core at a material supply rate, and has an associated material supply control means for controlling the material supply rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Fibrex Insulations, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey H. Moore
  • Publication number: 20020048616
    Abstract: A roll forming apparatus for rolling a selected material around a cylindrical core. The apparatus comprises a core support, a roll support means, and a material supply means. The core support is for supporting the cylindrical core. The core support has an associated core rotation means for rotating the core about a core rotation axis at a controllable rotation rate. The roll support means supports a plurality of forming rolls positioned to surround the core about the core rotation axis. The roll support means has a roll control means operable to both radially position the plurality of forming rolls relative to the core rotation axis and to constrain the plurality of forming rolls to be equally spaced from the core rotation axis, in order to provide integrated adjustment of the plurality of forming rolls to control a radial dimension of a substantially symmetrical forming space defined by the plurality of forming rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Geoffrey H. Moore
  • Publication number: 20020039605
    Abstract: A roll forming apparatus for rolling a selected material around a cylindrical core. The apparatus comprises a core support, a roll support means, and a material supply means. The core support is for supporting the cylindrical core. The core support has an associated core rotation means for rotating the core about a core rotation axis at a controllable rotation rate. The roll support means supports a plurality of forming rolls positioned to surround the core about the core rotation axis. The roll support means has a roll control means operable to both radially position the plurality of forming rolls relative to the core rotation axis and to constrain the plurality of forming rolls to be equally spaced from the core rotation axis, in order to provide integrated adjustment of the plurality of forming rolls to control a radial dimension of a substantially symmetrical forming space defined by the plurality of forming rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventor: Geoffrey H. Moore
  • Patent number: 6364649
    Abstract: A roll forming apparatus for rolling selected materials around a cylindrical core. The apparatus comprises a core support, a roll support device, and a material supply device. The core support is used to support the cylindrical core. The core support has an associated core rotation device for rotating the core about a core rotation axis at a controllable rotation rate. The roll support device supports a plurality of forming rolls positioned to surround the core about the core rotation axis. The roll support device has a roll control mechanism operable to both radially position the plurality of forming rolls relative to the core rotation axis and to constrain the plurality of forming rolls to be equally spaced from the core rotation axis in order to provide integrated adjustment of the plurality of forming rolls to control a radial dimension of a substantially symmetrical forming space defined by the plurality of forming rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Fibrex Insulations, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey H. Moore
  • Patent number: 6298686
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an insulation product. The apparatus includes an in-line series of cooling stations, transport means, and cooling fluids supply means. The in-line series of cooling stations includes a first cooling station for receiving the insulation product into the in-line series of cooling stations, and a last cooling station for discharging the cooled insulation product from the in-line series of cooling stations. Each cooling station in the series of cooling stations except for the first cooling station has an associated previous cooling station. Each cooling station in the series of cooling stations except for the last cooling station has an associated next cooling station. The transfer means is for moving the insulation product through each station in the series of stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Fibrex Insulations, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey H. Moore