Patents by Inventor Gordon Edmund Powell

Gordon Edmund Powell 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 pan with improved edge shaping
    Patent number: 7896444
    Abstract: A conveyor pan for use with a shearer with a skid-type shoe in a longwall mining operation, the conveyor pan including a side member having a surface adapted to be engaged by the shearer skid-type shoe, the surface being formed by a piece of the side member that extends horizontally for the length of the side member. The piece has a first end and a second end, each piece end having a top, a rear, a front and an edge. The first end edge and the second end edge are each formed by each edge being between 45 degrees removed from a vertical plane extending at 90 degrees to the horizontal plane formed by the side member surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: John Tout, Gordon Edmund Powell
  • Chain link anti-knuckle insert
    Patent number: 7467510
    Abstract: An insert assembly adapted to be received within a link of a chain including a plurality of round wire interlocking links, the insert being made of a resilient material and being dimensioned to be wider than the central area height and longer than the central area depth so that after the insert is placed between the opposed sides of the chain, the insert springs back around the opposed sides of the chain so that the insert is securely locked between the opposed sides of the chain. The insert has a central opening, and the insert assembly further includes a pin secured in the opening when the insert is received in the chain central area so that the insert cannot move away from the chain opposed sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: John Tout, Gordon Edmund Powell
  • CHAIN LINK ANTI-KNUCKLE INSERT
    Publication number: 20080120959
    Abstract: An insert assembly adapted to be received within a link of a chain including a plurality of round wire interlocking links, the insert being made of a resilient material and being dimensioned to be wider than the central area height and longer than the central area depth so that after the insert is placed between the opposed sides of the chain, the insert springs back around the opposed sides of the chain so that the insert is securely locked between the opposed sides of the chain. The insert has a central opening, and the insert assembly further includes a pin secured in the opening when the insert is received in the chain central area so that the insert cannot move away from the chain opposed sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: JOY MM DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: John Tout, Gordon Edmund Powell