Patents by Inventor Herman G. Cox, III

Herman G. Cox, III 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: 4404817
    Abstract: A satellite ice plant operable by a single operator bagging ice comprising ice making apparatus; comminution apparatus for reducing the ice to a size for bagging; refrigerated storage housing which is cooled below freezing point of the ice and has a storage bin for storing the ice, conveyor for conveying the ice from the comminution apparatus to the storage bin, freeze-up prevention device disposed in the refrigerated storage housing and operable to prevent freezing up of the conveyor, ice break up apparatus for breaking up the stored ice for bagging, second conveyor interiorly of the refrigerated storage housing for conveying the ice to a bagging machine, and controls operable to automatically effect the operation of the respective elements to supply ice to the bagging machine at the signal of a operator bagging ice. Also disclosed are specific preferred pieces of apparatus for moving the stored ice, breaking it into crushed ice size, snow removal and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Inventor: Herman G. Cox, III