Patents by Inventor Richard Blair Hawkes

Richard Blair Hawkes 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).

  • Apparatus for removal of ice from a storage bin
    Patent number: 7137271
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing ice in a container and dispensing ice from the container is provided in the form of a storage bin, having ice agitating apparatus for engaging ice to loosen the same and to keep ice particles from adhering together in a common mass. An ice dispenser is provided for delivering ice from a lower to an upper end. The ice dispenser and the ice agitator are provided with separate drives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Follett Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Blair Hawkes, Brian Wayne Haupt
  • Auger apparatus for conveying ice
    Patent number: 6860408
    Abstract: An auger apparatus for conveying ice, together with the auger itself and an apparatus for storing ice in a storage bin which uses such an auger apparatus is provided. The auger is disposed in a tube, and does not require cylindrical bearings at its ends. The auger is rotationally molded, of one-piece hollow molded construction, preferably of a plastic such as polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Follett Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Blair Hawkes
  • Apparatus for removal of ice from a storage bin
    Publication number: 20040079103
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing ice in a container and dispensing ice from the container is provided in the form of a storage bin, having ice agitating apparatus for engaging ice to loosen the same and to keep ice particles from adhering together in a common mass. An ice dispenser is provided for delivering ice from a lower to an upper end. The ice dispenser and the ice agitator are provided with separate drives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Blair Hawkes, Brian Wayne Haupt
  • Apparatus for removal of ice from a storage bin
    Patent number: 6685053
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing ice in a container and dispensing ice from the container is provided in the form of a storage bin, having ice agitating apparatus for engaging ice to loosen the same and to keep ice particles from adhering together in a common mass. An ice dispenser is provided for delivering ice from a lower to an upper end. The ice dispenser and the ice agitator are provided with separate drives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Follett Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Blair Hawkes, Brian Wayne Haupt
  • Auger apparatus for conveying ice
    Publication number: 20030218025
    Abstract: An auger apparatus for conveying ice, together with the auger itself and an apparatus for storing ice in a storage bin which uses such an auger apparatus is provided. The auger is disposed in a tube, and does not require cylindrical bearings at its ends. The auger is rotationally molded, of one-piece hollow molded construction, preferably of a plastic such as polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventor: Richard Blair Hawkes
  • Apparatus for removal of ice from a storage bin
    Publication number: 20030042267
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing ice in a container and dispensing ice from the container is provided in the form of a storage bin, having ice agitating apparatus for engaging ice to loosen the same and to keep ice particles from adhering together in a common mass. An ice dispenser is provided for delivering ice from a lower to an upper end. The ice dispenser and the ice agitator are provided with separate drives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Blair Hawkes, Brian Wayne Haupt
  • Ice access and discharge system
    Patent number: 5887758
    Abstract: An ice access and discharge apparatus for an ice bin including an access opening for access to ice in the bin and a slidably disposed ice baffle for baffling ice within the bin away from the access opening and metering ice flow to an ice discharge spout and to provide ice on a first in-first out basis. The ice discharge spout has a slidably disposed ice discharge gate for manually metering ice into an ice container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Follett Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Blair Hawkes, Dale Stanley Berger