Patents by Inventor Robert C. Reinhardt

Robert C. Reinhardt 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).

  • Method and apparatus for conveying ice lumps
    Patent number: 5549421
    Abstract: In apparatus for conveying batches of ice lumps from a storage hopper to remotely located ice dispensers, ice lumps from the storage hopper are delivered into the main conduits through corresponding main valves and connecting conduits extending between each main valve and the storage hopper. Metering valves meter batches of ice lumps of predetermined size into the main conduits. Conveying air from an air blower is supplied to the main conduits through the main valves for conveying the batches of ice lumps. In use, batches of ice lumps are intermittently delivered into the main conduit, and the batches of ice lumps and conveying air are alternately supplied to the main conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: EOLAS-The Irish Science & Technology Agency
    Inventors: Robert C. Reinhardt, Richard M. Humphreys
  • Method and apparatus for conveying ice lumps
    Patent number: 5354152
    Abstract: In apparatus for conveying batches of ice lumps from a storage hopper to remotely located ice dispensers, ice lumps from the storage hopper are delivered into the main conduits through corresponding main valves and connecting conduits extending between each main valve and the storage hopper. Metering valves meter batches of ice lumps of predetermined size into the main conduits. Conveying air from an air blower is supplied to the main conduits through the main valves for conveying the batches of ice lumps. In use, batches of ice lumps are intermittently delivered into the main conduit, and the batches of ice lumps and conveying air are alternately supplied to the main conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: EOLAS - The Irish Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Robert C. Reinhardt, Richard M. Humphreys