Patents by Inventor Richard A. Durrant

Richard A. Durrant 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: 6604931
    Abstract: A rotational molding oven for forming an object from a mold containing resin therein. The oven includes a cavity receiving the mold therein and a combustion chamber for providing heat inside of the cavity. A spool is rotatively positioned within the cavity, the sides of which spool substantially form the sides of the cavity, and a drive tube engages the mold and extends between first and second flanged disks of the spool. A first motor is positioned outside the cavity and rotates the spool and a second motor is positioned outside the cavity and rotates the mold within the spool. Heat in the cavity melts the resin within the mold and rotating the spool and mold by the first and second motors causes the melted resin to be evenly distributed throughout the mold. The drive tube may be selectively positioned at a peripheral edge or at a center of the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Inventor: Richard A Durrant
  • Publication number: 20020187213
    Abstract: A rotational molding oven for forming an object from a mold containing resin therein. The oven includes a cavity receiving the mold therein and a combustion chamber for providing heat inside of the cavity. A spool is rotatively positioned within the cavity, the sides of which spool substantially form the sides of the cavity, and a drive tube engages the mold and extends between first and second flanged disks of the spool. A first motor is positioned outside the cavity and rotates the spool and a second motor is positioned outside the cavity and rotates the mold within the spool. Heat in the cavity melts the resin within the mold and rotating the spool and mold by the first and second motors causes the melted resin to be evenly distributed throughout the mold. The drive tube may be selectively positioned at a peripheral edge or at a center of the spool. An exhaust duct extends from the cavity for releasing combusted gases from within the cavity and a damper controls the pressure within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Richard A. Durrant
  • Patent number: 6338623
    Abstract: A rotational molding oven for forming an object from a mold. The oven includes a cavity for retaining the mold, a burner for heating the cavity and melting the resin and a device for rocking the mold between −45° and 45° from a horizontal plane. The rocking device is outside, extending into the cavity, maintaining the mold in the center of the cavity. The rocking device facilitates distribution of resin within the mold and improves thermal flow of heat within the cavity thereby increasing thermal efficiency and minimizing the size of the cavity. The rocking device includes a first track outside the cavity, a carriage assembly, a drive assembly connected to the carriage assembly and a guide assembly connected between the first track and carriage assembly for translating up and down the first track, causing the carriage assembly to move therewith and the mold to rock about the central axis of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventor: Richard A. Durrant