Patents by Inventor George D. Brooks

George D. Brooks 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).

  • Ammunition reorienting process
    Patent number: 4566580
    Abstract: An ammunition sorting system where rounds are fed randomly in either a first or a second orientation includes a process for orientating all of the rounds into the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Aloi, George D. Brooks, Ronald E. Prince
  • Automated ammunition mixer
    Patent number: 4434700
    Abstract: Ammunition sorting system including a plurality of storage hoppers each adapted to releasably store a different type of ammunition, and a conveyor system including in sequence a plurality of rungs, each rung having two alternative dispositions, one wherein the rung provides a pocket in the conveyor adapted to receive therein a round of ammunition from a hopper, the other wherein said rung precludes entry of a round into such pocket, and cams and followers for controlling the disposition of each rung as it passes each of the storage hoppers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Aloi, George D. Brooks, Ronald E. Prince
  • Ammunition orientation mechanism
    Patent number: 4292878
    Abstract: A feature of this invention is a system including a buffer storage means for receiving rounds of ammunition, means for receiving therefrom the rounds in either of two orientations and for aligning them into a common orientation, and means for receiving therefrom the rounds with or without cardboard tubes and for removing any such tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: George D. Brooks, Donald J. Bushey, Sr.