Patents by Inventor Reinhold A. Hermann

Reinhold A. Hermann 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).

  • TELESCOPING CONVEYOR
    Publication number: 20120006658
    Abstract: A telescoping conveyor for particulate materials, particularly agricultural materials, uses an elongate support frame to support a telescoping conveyor. A top tube section is telescopically connected to a bottom tube section, the top tube section sliding over the bottom tube section and being supported by the support frame. The bottom and top tube sections respectively have inlet and discharge ends. A conveyor belt runs inside the bottom and top tube sections and has a return portion exteriorly of the tube sections. A belt take up mechanism is positioned in the belt return portion and has direction change rollers affixed to the support frame and to the top tube member and movable therewith in order to maintain belt tension in all telescoping positions of the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CRUSTBUSTER / SPEEDKING, INC.
    Inventors: Reinhold A. Hermann, Norbert E. Werner
  • Telescoping conveyor
    Patent number: 8083047
    Abstract: A telescoping conveyor for particulate materials, particularly agricultural materials, uses an elongate support frame to support a telescoping conveyor. A top tube section is telescopically connected to a bottom tube section, the top tube section sliding over the bottom tube section and being supported by the support frame. The bottom and top tube sections respectively have inlet and discharge ends. A conveyor belt runs inside the bottom and top tube sections and has a return portion exteriorly of the tube sections. A belt take up mechanism is positioned in the belt return portion and has direction change rollers affixed to the support frame and to the top tube member and movable therewith in order to maintain belt tension in all telescoping positions of the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Crustbuster/Speedking, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold A. Hermann, Norbert E. Werner