Patents by Inventor Herman Lepp

Herman Lepp 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).

  • Sweep auger elevator drive wheel
    Publication number: 20060269383
    Abstract: A terminal elevator drive wheel for a grain bin sweep auger has angled spaced peripheral inward extending blades, which break up compacted grain, drive the auger forward, and pass the grain through an attached elevator housing over a deflector plate to the sweep auger flighting. A reduction drivebox with three double reduction sprocket and chain drives, rotate a drive sprocket axially engaging and rotating the elevator wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Henry Lepp, Herman Lepp, Frans Van Meijl, Ronald Routledge