Patents by Inventor John H. Fallows

John H. Fallows 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).

  • Light weight, high efficiency vibrator apparatus for facilitating bulk material handling and transport
    Patent number: 5035510
    Abstract: The housing of a rotary ball type industrial vibrator is injection molded from a reinforced plastic material, and an annular metal raceway structure is molded integrally with the housing and forms a contact surface for a metal ball disposed within the interior of the housing. In response to a flow of pressurized air through the housing, the ball is rapidly rotated around the metal raceway to impart oscillating vibrational forces which are transmitted through the housing to a bulk material handling structure to which it is rigidly secured. The light weight plastic housing facilitates a highly efficient vibrational force transfer to the material handling structure, and the integrally molded metal raceway structure isolates the rotating ball from the interior plastic housing surface to prevent internal housing abrasion, and significantly reduces operational noise generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Inventors: John H. Fallows, Kenny D. Breeding
  • Light weight, high efficiency vibrator apparatus for facilitating bulk material handling and transport
    Patent number: 5000577
    Abstract: The housing of a rotary ball type industrial vibrator is injection molded from a reinforced plastic material, and an annular metal raceway structure is molded integrally with the housing and forms a contact surface for a metal ball disposed within the interior of the housing. In response to a flow of pressurized air through the housing, the ball is rapidly rotated around the metal raceway to impart oscillating vibrational forces which are transmitted through the housing to a bulk material handling structure to which it is rigidly secured. The light weight plastic housing facilitates a highly efficient vibrational force transfer to the material handling structure, and the integrally molded metal raceway structure isolates the rotating ball from the interior plastic housing surface to prevent internal housing abrasion, and significantly reduces operational noise generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventors: John H. Fallows, Kenny D. Breeding