Patents by Inventor Mike Forkapa

Mike Forkapa 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).

  • Spiral brush for cleaning and conveying a substrate
    Patent number: 8234739
    Abstract: Scrubbing apparatus is configured by methods so that discs are quickly cleaned and conveyed by selecting a total number of spiral brush segments, rates of brush rotation, and a pitch length of a helical junction that receives discs for cleaning and transport. A time period for cleaning and transporting discs depends on the pitch length, rotational speed and configurations of the segments. An increase of the cleaning time period may result from use of an increased number of brush segments. A group of discs is cleaned by the same spiral brush, by one-by-one insertion of the discs into the junctions, and transporting the discs through the same segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Dave Frost, Sean Harbison, Yassin Mehmandoust, Mike Forkapa, Ken Miller
  • SPIRAL BRUSH FOR CLEANING AND CONVEYING A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20080182488
    Abstract: Scrubbing apparatus is configured by methods so that discs are quickly cleaned and conveyed by selecting a total number of spiral brush segments, rates of brush rotation, and a pitch length of a helical junction that receives discs for cleaning and transport. A time period for cleaning and transporting discs depends on the pitch length, rotational speed and configurations of the segments. An increase of the cleaning time period may result from use of an increased number of brush segments. A group of discs is cleaned by the same spiral brush, by one-by-one insertion of the discs into the junctions, and transporting the discs through the same segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Dave Frost, Sean Harbison, Yassin Mehmandoust, Mike Forkapa, Ken Miller