Patents by Inventor Peter M. Rook

Peter M. Rook 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: 4918797
    Abstract: A metal roof panel seaming apparatus which includes a main body portion that can be rolled along an unformed or partially formed seam, the body portion including a plurality of adjacent pairs of rollers, positioned along the underside of the body portion, one set of the rollers independent movable from a first position cammed away from the partially or unformed seam, to a second position cammed into the seam, for undertaking the seaming process. The second roll of rollers are stationary in position, and serve as drive rollers along the opposite side of the unformed or partially formed seam as the seam is crimped between the various pairs of rollers during the seaming process. There is further included, that the plurality of the two rolls of rollers provide a means for allowing the apparatus to move bi-directional and the ability to undertake the seaming process in either direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Inventors: Neil A. Watkins, Peter M. Rook, George Woodruff