Patents by Inventor Michael W. Rokitta

Michael W. Rokitta 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: 5911554
    Abstract: A device for raking flowable material from a storage facility, with a plurality of storage units such as bunkers, silos, stockpiles, has a bunker table positioned at the bottom of the storage units and a rake tunnel positioned above the bunker table. A raking carriage is positioned in the rake tunnel above the bunker table so as to be moveable in a longitudinal direction of the rake tunnel along the bunker table. A drive unit, including a gear box and a drive shaft, is connected to the raking carriage. A raking wheel is rotatably connected perpendicular to a rotational plane of the raking wheel with the drive shaft to the raking carriage. The bunker table has a longitudinal slot. The raking wheel rakes with two opposite sides the flowable material on the bunker table through the slot of the bunker table onto a continuous conveyor system located under the bunker table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Louise Fordertechnik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Michael W. Rokitta, Markus Haarhaus, Heinrich Klaus, Michael Gramling