Patents by Inventor Robert E. Reaser

Robert E. Reaser 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).

  • Conveyor apparatus having a nodular conveying surface
    Patent number: 5628393
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus having a plurality of link members pivotally connected. Each link member having a forward end, a rearward end, a lower side, and an upper side. The upper side having a plurality of spaced apart nodules extending upwardly therefrom which function to effectively decrease the friction between an object disposed on the conveyor apparatus and the conveying surface of the conveyor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventors: Dorian F. Steeber, Robert E. Reaser
  • Conveyor apparatus having a belt and object guide with a nodular contact surface
    Patent number: 5601180
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus of the type in which an object is transported on a conveyor belt and in which the conveyor belt slidingly engages a guide member, the guide member having a plurality of nodules extending therefrom so as to form a plurality of channels and define a low friction contact surface for reducing drag between the conveyor belt and the contact surface when the conveyor belt is set in motion. The low friction contact surface of the guide member also is slidingly engagable with the object when the guide member is used as a side rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Inventors: Dorian F. Steeber, Robert E. Reaser, William G. Faulkner