Patents by Inventor Robert M. Schettle

Robert M. Schettle 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).

  • Dredge with water-jet cutterhead
    Patent number: 9745715
    Abstract: A cutterhead for dredging a body of water. The cutterhead comprising a shroud including a top wall, a bottom wall, and two sidewalls each extending between the top and bottom walls. The cutterhead additionally comprises a rotatable cutterbar at least partially received within an interior space presented by the shroud, a first water-jet bar extending along a portion of the top wall of the shroud, and a second water-jet bar extending along at least a portion of one of the two sidewalls. The cutterbar and the water-jet bars are configured to generate a slurry of fluidized material from the water-bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Liquid Waste Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Patrick Horton, David Meyer, Robert M. Schettle, Brian John Lindahl
  • DREDGE WITH WATER-JET CUTTERHEAD
    Publication number: 20160244942
    Abstract: A cutterhead for dredging a body of water. The cutterhead comprising a shroud including a top wall, a bottom wall, and two sidewalls each extending between the top and bottom walls. The cutterhead additionally comprises a rotatable cutterbar at least partially received within an interior space presented by the shroud, a first water-jet bar extending along a portion of the top wall of the shroud, and a second water-jet bar extending along at least a portion of one of the two sidewalls. The cutterbar and the water-jet bars are configured to generate a slurry of fluidized material from the water-bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Patrick Horton, David Meyer, Robert M. Schettle, Brian John Lindahl