Patents by Inventor James Rubenacker

James Rubenacker 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).

  • Weld wheel assembly for disposition on a membrane welding machine
    Patent number: 6581663
    Abstract: A weld wheel assembly for disposition on a membrane welding machine, and for positioning a weld wheel adjacent a nozzle hot air outlet for pressing an overlying roof membrane heated by the nozzle against an underlying roof membrane heated by the nozzle, for welding the membranes together. The assembly includes a weld wheel rotatably mounted on an axle which is moveable toward and away from the membranes, and pressure exerting structure mounted on the machine and operable to bias the axle toward the membranes during operation of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Sarnafil, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rubenacker, Brian Whelan, Paul Peterson, Claus Pfotenhauer
  • Nozzle for heat welding overlapping roof membranes to each other along separated first and second paths
    Patent number: 6533014
    Abstract: A nozzle for directing discrete streams of air along separated and parallel first and second paths includes a chamber for receiving air of a selected temperature, a first outlet arm extending from the chamber and having a first outlet at a distal end thereof and in a first outlet plane, and a second outlet arm extending from the chamber and having a second outlet at a distal end thereof and in a second outlet plane, an axis of the second outlet arm being generally parallel with an axis of the first outlet arm, the second outlet plane being offset from the first outlet plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Sarnafil, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rubenacker, Brian Whelan, Paul Peterson, Claus Pfotenhauer
  • Nozzle for heat welding overlapping roof membranes to each other along separated first and second paths
    Patent number: 6325126
    Abstract: A nozzle for directing discrete streams of air along separated and parallel first and second paths includes a chamber for receiving air of a selected temperature, a first outlet arm extending from the chamber and having a first outlet at a distal end thereof and in a first outlet plane, and a second outlet arm extending from the chamber and having a second outlet at a distal end thereof and in a second outlet plane, an axis of the second outlet arm being generally parallel with an axis of the first outlet arm, the second outlet plane being offset from the first outlet plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Sarnafil, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rubenacker, Brian Whelan, Paul Peterson, Claus Pfotenhauer
  • Weld wheel assembly for disposition on a membrane welding machine
    Publication number: 20010040011
    Abstract: A weld wheel assembly for disposition on a membrane welding machine, and for positioning a weld wheel adjacent a nozzle hot air outlet for pressing an overlying roof membrane heated by the nozzle against an underlying roof membrane heated by the nozzle, for welding the membranes together. The assembly includes a weld wheel rotatably mounted on an axle which is moveable toward and away from the membranes, and pressure exerting structure mounted on the machine and operable to bias the axle toward the membranes during operation of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Sarnafil, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rubenacker, Brian Whelan, Paul Peterson, Claus Pfotenhauer