Patents by Inventor Ponciano Garza, Jr.

Ponciano Garza, Jr. 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: 5480353
    Abstract: A rotary powered crankshaft affixed transversely underneath a plurality of endless spaced apart conveyor belts on a tomato harvester. The crankshaft having a plurality of offset journals covered with rotatable bearing sleeves equal in number to the belts is positioned to have each journal bearing sleeve strike a belt when the journal reaches a raised position. The striking of the belts causes shaking of tomato vines riding atop of the conveyor belting to dislodge tomatoes which then fall through the spacings between the belts. The bearing sleeves covering each journal are freely rotatable, being sized with an internal diameter larger than the external diameter of the journal to allow both eccentric movement and rotation about the journal. The bearing sleeves are split lengthwise and include snap locks to allow initial installation thereof, and replacement when worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Inventor: Ponciano Garza, Jr.
  • Patent number: D457233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: Ponciano Garza, Jr.