Patents by Inventor Levi A. Pollard, V

Levi A. Pollard, V 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).

  • Wind energy converter
    Patent number: 6726440
    Abstract: A wind energy converter includes a support arm or post rotatably mounted on a base and having an upper free end; a pivot arm is pivotally mounted on the free end and has an end remote from the support arm; a pair of vanes are mounted on a pivot rod carried at the end of the pivot arm so that the vanes are free to rotate about the pivot rod; abutment arms are provided on the end of the pivot arm to limit the arc through which the vanes may rotate; at the other end of the pivot arm a linkage structure is provided to connect the other end of the pivot arm to an electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: L. Levi A. Pollard, V
  • Method and apparatus for cutting a cant into boards
    Patent number: 5722474
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting dimensional information of a workpiece such as a canted log is used to control a gang saw mounted on a pivot axis to cut the log into substantially even thickness boards while moving the log past the cutting device and pivoting the gang saw to accommodate curvature in the log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventors: Christopher Raybon, Levi A. Pollard, V, Ronald W. McGehee, Russell R. Kennedy, Patrick M. Conry