Patents by Inventor Roel Marcel Mellink

Roel Marcel Mellink 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).

  • Snap-on position limiter for a conveyor belt
    Patent number: 9555971
    Abstract: A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The limiting surface may comprise rotatable rollers mounted to the body, or a continuous arcuate surface. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Batchelder, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Friso Antonius Maria Oonk, Laurentius G. J. Wolters, Edward T. Mol, Ruizhe Ma, Roel Marcel Mellink, Gerko Hulshof
  • SNAP-ON POSITION LIMITER FOR A CONVEYOR BELT
    Publication number: 20160167884
    Abstract: A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The limiting surface may comprise rotatable rollers mounted to the body, or a continuous arcuate surface. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jeff Batchelder, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Friso Antonius Maria Oonk, Laurentius G.J. Wolters, Edward T. Mol, Ruizhe Ma, Roel Marcel Mellink, Gerko Hulshof
  • Snap-on position limiter for a conveyor belt
    Patent number: 9296565
    Abstract: A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The limiting surface may comprise rotatable rollers mounted to the body, or a continuous arcuate surface. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Batchelder, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Friso Antonius Maria Oonk, Laurentius G. J. Wolters, Edward T. Mol, Ruizhe Ma, Roel Marcel Mellink, Gerko Hulshof
  • SNAP-ON POSITION LIMITER FOR A CONVEYOR BELT
    Publication number: 20150210475
    Abstract: A conveyor employs a low-tension, direct drive conveyor belt, and a snap-on position limiter for ensuring proper engagement of the belt and a drive sprocket. The position limiter includes a body, a limiting surface and a snap clap opposite the limiting surface for snapping the position limiter to a mounting shaft. The limiting surface may comprise rotatable rollers mounted to the body, or a continuous arcuate surface. The position limiter may include a mounting arm for mounting a conveyor belt scraper at the front of the position limiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jeff Batchelder, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Friso Antonius Maria Oonk, Laurentius G.J. Wolters, Edward T. Mol, Ruizhe MA, Roel Marcel Mellink, Gerko Hulshof