Patents by Inventor Robert A. Simmons

Robert A. Simmons 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: 4418558
    Abstract: Multi-aperture ventilated floor members, for use in a grain bin or like applications, are formed from continuous sheet metal strip stock, complete, in one pass through a cold roll forming machine, in a method in which the critical steps comprise roll-lancing the metal strip to form multiple closed slits transversely of the length of the strip and then roll corrugating the strip transversely of its length to widen the slits into narrow open ventilation slots by stretching the metal, simultaneously ironing out the projections formed when the slits are lanced into the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Bantam Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Simmons