Patents by Inventor Lyndon Graff

Lyndon Graff 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).

  • Patent number: 11970336
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BRANDT INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20240123892
    Abstract: A grain cart is provided with an internal frame and a method of constructing a grain cart with an internal frame is provided. The grain cart can have a support frame, ground wheels, a hitch assembly, and a storage hopper supported on the support frame. The storage hopper can have a spine member running along the center portion, corresponding pairs of rib members connected at intervals along the spine member and a plurality of panels connected between adjacent rib members. The storage hopper can be constructed by connecting a plurality of rib members to a spine member, connecting a cross brace across corresponding pairs of rib members, inserting panels between adjacent rib members, and connecting the panels to rib members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Maxwell Ziegler
  • Patent number: 11884490
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brandt Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Patent number: 11866263
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brandt Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20230311737
    Abstract: In an aspect, a grain cart having an access door is provided. The grain cart can have a storage hopper supported on a frame and defining an interior space. The storage hopper having an upper wall; and, a lower wall extending downwards and angled inwards with an opening passing through the lower wall. The access door is sized to cover the opening and opens into the interior space. A ladder assembly is attached to the lower wall below the opening and foldable between an extended position to provide access to the opening and the access door and a retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Maxwell Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20220204274
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20220119203
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20220119205
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20220119204
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Patent number: 11242209
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Brandt Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20200391954
    Abstract: A belt and a belt conveyor are provided for transporting particulate material and especially oilseeds up the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor can include an intake end having a hopper, a discharge end, a body extending between the intake end and the discharge end and a belt. The belt travels along a travel path in the belt conveyor; the belt traveling through the hopper, up an upper run in the body to the discharge end, down a return run in the body, and back through the hopper. The belt can have a top surface having pairs of adjacent ridges provided on the top surface, each ridge having a pair of arms extending from a point, in a travel direction of the belt, wherein each pair of adjacent ridges define a v-channel on the top surface of the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri
  • Publication number: 20140343723
    Abstract: An electric drive apparatus for attachment to a swing away auger assembly includes a bracket and drive wheel adapted to be attached to the assembly and configured to pivot an attached swing auger. An electric drive motor rotates the drive wheel, and a control circuit assembly is connected to the electric drive motor by drive wires. The control circuit assembly is operative to activate the electric drive motor in response to forward, stop, and reverse drive signals received from a remote control unit. The control circuit is mounted to a heat sink plate such that heat generated in the control circuit assembly is conducted to the heat sink plate, and the heat sink plate forms an external wall of a circuit housing enclosing the control circuit assembly. The circuit housing is sealed. A bin spill prevention system has a sensor that shuts a discharge gate directing material into the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: BRANDT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Meier, Michael Lockerbie, Cameron Bodie, Jack Chappell, Lyndon Graff
  • Patent number: D927819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Brandt Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Lyndon Graff, Jonathan Robert Carteri