Patents by Inventor Gilbert J. Reitsch, Jr.

Gilbert J. Reitsch, Jr. 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).

  • Car wash conveyor track section construction and combined chain take up and roller control unit therefor
    Patent number: 6422153
    Abstract: A car wash conveyor including a simplified and improved track structure using cut out flat support plates for mounting three tiers of tracks. The support plates allow equal widths of an intermediate and lower track, and incorporation of integral stanchions for support of tire guide rollers. The chain take up mechanism and the roller control mechanism together form an assembly able to be installed into the conveyor or removed for service as a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Inventor: Gilbert J. Reitsch, Jr.
  • Pusher roller assembly for a car wash conveyor
    Patent number: 6186073
    Abstract: A roller assembly for car wash conveyors having three pairs of pusher rollers on the upper end of a conveyor roller bar in order to reduce and make more uniform the roller wear. The roller pairs are arranged to respectively engage the upper, intermediate and lower tracks of the conveyor. The pairs of pusher rollers are each mounted on one of three parallel shafts arranged in a triangular pattern each roller in each pair confined between sets of two plates having holes receiving the shafts which are welded thereto. Two of the shafts are welded to the upper end of the roller bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Peco Corporation
    Inventor: Gilbert J. Reitsch, Jr.