Patents by Inventor Roger A. Kares

Roger A. Kares 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).

  • Coke oven rail car with drive control system for positioning the car and door extractor which compensates for thermal distortion of oven jambs
    Patent number: 5564340
    Abstract: A coke oven door extractor is mounted on the rail car and includes door engaging supports movable in individually differing amounts relative to a plane parallel to and including the door jamb and a door jamb height axis of symmetry and movable vertically, allowing the door extractor to compensate for front-to-back tilting and side-to-side leaning of the coke oven door jamb due to thermal distortion of the battery and variations in individual door heights. The extractor includes a first frame pivotally mounted to the car, a second frame horizontally translatably mounted to the first frame, and a third frame vertically translatably and pivotally mounted to the second frame, with the third frame including the door supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Saturn Machine & Welding Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Billy C. Baird, Robert H. Higginson, Roger A. Kares