Patents by Inventor Richard Lee Baker

Richard Lee Baker 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).

  • Parts processing system with notched conveyor belt transport
    Patent number: 6082526
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for wet/dry and other processing of manufactured articles. Belts mounted on pulleys provide support while minimally contacting article surfaces for maximum exposure to chemical, radiation, or other wet/dry processing treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lee Baker, James Francis Chesko, Allan Oberg Johnson, Wayne David Klossner, Mark Alexander Willchock, Paul Robert Wilson
  • Parts processing system with notched conveyor belt transport
    Patent number: 5915525
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for wet/dry and other processing of manufactured articles. Belts mounted on pulleys provide support while minimally contacting article surfaces for maximum exposure to chemical, radiation, or other wet/dry processing treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lee Baker, James Francis Chesko, Allan Oberg Johnson, Wayne David Klossner, Mark Alexander Willchock, Paul Robert Wilson
  • Method and apparatus to convey flat products of different widths
    Patent number: 5762177
    Abstract: An improved conveyor is provided which has a plurality of rotatable shafts with a plurality of first disc rollers mounted on each of the shafts for rotation therewith. The first disc rollers are located at a first location on each of the shafts and are spaced from each other at at least a distance X on the shaft. The disc rollers on adjacent shafts are spaced from the disc rollers on each adjacent shaft and are adapted to support and transport a flat product having a width of at least about 2X. A plurality of second rollers are mounted on each of the shafts for rotation therewith at a second location on the shafts. Preferably, each of the second rollers has a length of at least about 2X and preferably a circumference substantially equal to that of the disc rollers. Thus, the second rollers are adapted to support a flat panel product having a width less than about 2X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lee Baker, Wayne David Klossner