Patents by Inventor Omar F. Hoelzel

Omar F. Hoelzel 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: 4562616
    Abstract: An upstanding hollow rotary drum is provided and is mounted for rotation about its center axis. The lower end of the drum is closed and the upper end of the drum is open. A motor is drivingly connected to the drum for rotating the latter at generally 7000 to 8000 R.P.M. and the interior of the drum includes structure for stationarily mounting one or more crab cores within the drum introduced there into through the open upper end thereof and with the crab cores being supported in generally centered position relative to the axis of rotation of the drum. The drum is of an inside diameter sufficient to enable a plurality of crab cores to be received within the drum in centered position therein and to have the outer peripheral portions of the crab cores spaced only slightly inwardly of the inner wall surfaces of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Inventor: Omar F. Hoelzel