Patents by Inventor Gerald Robert Grispart

Gerald Robert Grispart 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).

  • Conveyor for removing an article conveyed abreast of another article
    Patent number: 5701989
    Abstract: An article removal conveyor includes first and second conveying lanes disposed in parallel alongside one another and driven in a manner imparting mutually divergent conveying forces. The first conveying lane has a conveying surface with a higher coefficient of friction than that of the second conveying lane so that any articles contacting the first conveying lane will be controlled by that lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Sandvik Sorting Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Boone, Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jr., Gerald Robert Grispart, Edward Ydoate