Patents by Inventor Hans Ekholm

Hans Ekholm 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: 6817055
    Abstract: A drum for a brush roller comprised of a plurality of arcuate shaped segments with circumferentially projecting shoulders at their ends. The shoulders have outer edges that contact the adjacent segments and have respective inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces which in adjacent segments overlie and are attached together. Each segment has radially spaced double walls with sufficient rigidity and has reinforcement. The outward side of each segment is provided with a plurality of protruding beams defining U-shaped channels between them. An axle includes the drum with end plates and projecting shafts at each end. Also, a method of assembling the drum wherein the edges of the shoulders are brought against adjacent segments and the shoulders have their respective inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces overlying and fastening elements extend through the shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: SIB Svenska Industri Borstar i Västerås AB
    Inventor: Hans Ekholm
  • Patent number: 5606762
    Abstract: A roller brush and method of making same for sweeping machines for cleaning streets and roads. The brush includes cassettes arranged in brackets around the periphery of a roller and extending in the longitudinal direction of the roller. The cassettes receive spring members, such as radially projecting bristles, the ends of which are brought in contact with ground when the brush is used for cleaning. The cassettes are received in grooves in the brackets. The spring members are bent double around a locking wire which acts to hold the members in the cassettes and which passes through holes in connecting cross walls extending from facing long sides of the cassettes. The connecting cross walls are provided at spaced locations along the cassette thereby defining cells on the cassette. The spaced connecting cross walls act to increase the rigidity of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Filippa I V aster.ang.s HB
    Inventors: Walter Droeser, Hans Ekholm
  • Patent number: 5490301
    Abstract: A roller brush for sweeping machines includes an axle (1) which carries distance members (2, 3) which in turn carry profile bars (4) which are arranged along a circumference of the roller brush. The profile bars (4) in turn carry bristle bars (6) provided with bristle members (6.1) which are arranged to protrude mainly radially from the roller brush. One or more cover bars (5) are arranged between adjacent profile bars (4) along the circumference. The cover bars (5) are preferably developed with equal width along the circumference of the roller brush whereby the profile bars (4) are spaced at equal relative distance along the circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Filippa I Vasteras Handesbolag
    Inventors: Walter Droeser, Hans Ekholm
  • Patent number: D498569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Sib Svenska Industri Borstar I Vasteras AB
    Inventor: Hans Ekholm