Patents by Inventor Jonathan J. Bishop

Jonathan J. Bishop 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).

  • MODULAR CONVEYOR BELT WITH DEDICATED ACCESS MODULE
    Publication number: 20250187841
    Abstract: A dedicated access module inserted between standard conveyor belt modules in a conveyor belt forms a dedicated opening and closing point for the conveyor belt. The dedicated access module comprises two mating portions, each portion including standard, articulating hinge elements on an outside end and non-articulating connection means on an inside end for connecting to the other, corresponding mating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Gilbert J. MacLachlan, Angela Longo Marshall, Kevin W. Guernsey, Benson Hall, Matthew Vulpetti, Jonathan J. Bishop, Jacob Govert Vermeiden, Andrzej Jacek Gonera
  • Modular conveyor belt with dedicated access module
    Patent number: 12240703
    Abstract: A dedicated access module inserted between standard conveyor belt modules in a conveyor belt forms a dedicated opening and closing point for the conveyor belt. The dedicated access module comprises two mating portions, each portion including standard, articulating hinge elements on an outside end and non-articulating connection means on an inside end for connecting to the other, corresponding mating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Gilbert J. MacLachlan, Angela Longo Marshall, Kevin W. Guernsey, Benson Hall, Matthew Vulpetti, Jonathan J. Bishop, Jacob Govert Vermeiden, Andrzej Jacek Gonera
  • MODULAR CONVEYOR BELT WITH DEDICATED ACCESS MODULE
    Publication number: 20230356949
    Abstract: A dedicated access module inserted between standard conveyor belt modules in a conveyor belt forms a dedicated opening and closing point for the conveyor belt. The dedicated access module comprises two mating portions, each portion including standard, articulating hinge elements on an outside end and non-articulating connection means on an inside end for connecting to the other, corresponding mating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Gilbert J. MacLachlan, Angela Longo Marshall, Kevin W. Guernsey, Benson Hall, Matthew Vulpetti, Jonathan J. Bishop, Jacob Govert Vermeiden, Andrzej Jacek Gonera
  • Cleanable diverter
    Patent number: 9302855
    Abstract: A cleanable shoe-type diverter belt having narrow translatable pushers forming article-diverting shoes. Cam followers on the shoes below the pushers follow guides under the belt along an upper carryway run to translate the shoes along one or more transverse tracks across the width of the belt. Monolithic diverters support the belt on the carryway run and direct the shoes along different paths. Pusher returns in a lower returnway run guide diverted pushers back to a home position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Guernsey, Jonathan J. Bishop, Timothy J. DeRoche, Kevin L. Gremillion, Matthew Vulpetti, Brian R. Lee
  • CLEANABLE DIVERTER
    Publication number: 20140332342
    Abstract: A cleanable shoe-type diverter belt having narrow translatable pushers forming article-diverting shoes. Cam followers on the shoes below the pushers follow guides under the belt along an upper carryway run to translate the shoes along one or more transverse tracks across the width of the belt. Monolithic diverters support the belt on the carryway run and direct the shoes along different paths. Pusher returns in a lower returnway run guide diverted pushers back to a home position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin W. Guernsey, Jonathan J. Bishop, Timothy J. DeRoche, Kevin L. Gremillion, Matthew Vulpetti, Brian R. Lee