Patents by Inventor Robert B. Evans, III

Robert B. Evans, III 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).

  • Adaptor plate for shielded drop-lock adjustment on an animal feeder
    Patent number: 5345894
    Abstract: This invention is a drop-lock adjustment used on automatic feeders to adjust the feed gates either up or down and includes shielded drop locks connected to control rods that pass through a channel. An adaptor plate mounted on the channel has a downwardly projecting flange spaced from the channel with an elongated slot in the plate to prevent the animals being fed from tripping the lock to cause either more or less feed to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Staco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Evans, III, Leon S. Zimmerman
  • Shielded drop-lock adjustment means
    Patent number: 5222460
    Abstract: This invention is a drop-lock adjustment used on automatic feeders to adjust the feed gates either up or down and includes shielded drop-locks connected to control rods that pass through a channel adjacent slot-like openings in such channel to prevent the animals being fed from tripping the lock to cause either more or less feed to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Staco, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Evans, III