Patents by Inventor James B. Roche

James B. Roche 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: 4852716
    Abstract: To feed logs singly to a debarker, for example, an apparatus for separating logs from a bundle includes an input conveyor to receive a bundle of logs and to convey them to a revolving drum. The drum has a plurality of fixed, rigid flights projecting outwardly from the periphery of the drum. As the drum revolves, the flights catch a single log and convey it to a conveyor for receiving each log as it leaves the drum. Thereafter, the single log or a single layer of logs is conveyed to a stop and loader which loads logs individually to the debarker conveyor in this example. This apparatus obviates the need to untangle logs by hand when they either clog a stop and loader, a debarker, or other log processing equipment. Nearly 100% efficiency is obtained with the apparatus of this invention, thereby greatly automating log processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Inventor: James B. Roche