Patents by Inventor James Michael Kramer

James Michael Kramer 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).

  • Degerminator
    Patent number: 10722896
    Abstract: A degerminator having a base, a plate with a plurality of protrusions, and a clamp that engages the plate to removably secure the plate to the base. A degerminator having first and second plate assemblies and an enclosure that surrounds the first plate assembly. The second plate assembly has a seal that moves between deflated and inflated positions. The second plate assembly moves between a first position, in which it does not engage the enclosure, and a second position, in which the seal engages the enclosure when inflated. A degerminator having a frame, first and second plate assemblies, supports and guides each coupled to the frame or the second plate assembly, and actuators each coupled to the frame and the second plate assembly to move the second plate assembly relative to the first plate assembly. A removable wear ring may protect a side wall of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CEREAL ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert James Giguere, James Michael Kramer, Steven Vondielingen
  • DEGERMINATOR
    Publication number: 20170028404
    Abstract: A degerminator having a base, a plate with a plurality of protrusions, and a clamp that engages the plate to removably secure the plate to the base. A degerminator having first and second plate assemblies and an enclosure that surrounds the first plate assembly. The second plate assembly has a seal that moves between deflated and inflated positions. The second plate assembly moves between a first position, in which it does not engage the enclosure, and a second position, in which the seal engages the enclosure when inflated. A degerminator having a frame, first and second plate assemblies, supports and guides each coupled to the frame or the second plate assembly, and actuators each coupled to the frame and the second plate assembly to move the second plate assembly relative to the first plate assembly. A removable wear ring may protect a side wall of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: CEREAL ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: ROBERT JAMES GIGUERE, JAMES MICHAEL KRAMER, STEVEN VONDIELINGEN
  • Forming fabrics
    Patent number: 6926043
    Abstract: A forming fabric has a paperside warp layer and a machine side warp layer. The fabric comprises at least one set of machine side wefts and at least one set of weft triplets, the weft triplets together forming two continuous weft paths on the paperside. All of the weft triplets interweave with at least some paperside warps and at least some machine side warps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Voith Fabrics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Scott David Quigley, James Michael Kramer, James Loy Brewster
  • Forming fabrics
    Publication number: 20040238062
    Abstract: A forming fabric has a paperside warp layer and a machine side warp layer. The fabric comprises at least one set of machine side wefts and at least one set of weft triplets, the weft triplets together forming two continuous weft paths on the paperside. All of the weft triplets interweave with at least some paperside warps and at least some machine side warps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Scott David Quigley, James Michael Kramer, James Loy Brewster