Patents by Inventor James Edwin GERDEMAN

James Edwin GERDEMAN 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).

  • Overhead conveyor system
    Patent number: 9604796
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for transporting work pieces from one location to another. The system uses either magnetic force or vacuum, or both, to lift and retain the work pieces against the moving overhead conveyor belt. The system can interrupt the magnetic force and/or the vacuum to release the work pieces from against the moving overhead conveyor belt at a desired transport location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Automatic Feed Company
    Inventors: James H. Witte, Marvin Karl Himmelein, James Edwin Gerdeman, Kim Beck, Jeffrey Paul Gerken
  • OVERHEAD CONVEYOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160244276
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for transporting work pieces from one location to another. The system uses either magnetic force or vacuum, or both, to lift and retain the work pieces against the moving overhead conveyor belt. The system can interrupt the magnetic force and/or the vacuum to release the work pieces from against the moving overhead conveyor belt at a desired transport location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: James H. WITTE, Marvin Karl HIMMELEIN, James Edwin GERDEMAN, Kim BECK, Jeffrey Paul GERKEN