Patents by Inventor Roy Allan Leo Austin

Roy Allan Leo Austin 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).

  • Coin pick up wheels
    Patent number: 6716098
    Abstract: A coin pick up wheel for a coin receiving and validating apparatus, said pick up wheel comprising a disc-like body having a plurality of circumferentially spaced coin receiving recesses each recess including a chamfered edge portion extending at least partially about an upper edge thereof, said disc-like body having a central hub portion and an annular outer portion, said pick up wheel characterized in that said disc-like body is formed from a cross linked high molecular weight polyethylene polymer or co-polymer and further characterized in that said annular outer portion tapers convergently towards an outer edge of said disc-like body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Queensland Motorways Limited
    Inventors: Terry Brown, Roy Allan Leo Austin, Christopher Douglas Brown, Andrew John Drysdale
  • Coin pick up wheels
    Publication number: 20020106984
    Abstract: A coin pick up wheel for a coin receiving and validating apparatus, said pick up wheel comprising a disc-like body having a plurality of circumferentially spaced coin receiving recesses each recess including a chamfered edge portion extending at least partially about an upper edge thereof, said disc-like body having a central hub portion and an annular outer portion, said pick up wheel characterised in that said disc-like body is formed from a cross linked high molecular weight polyethylene polymer or co-polymer and further characterised in that said annular outer portion tapers convergently towards an outer edge of said disc-like body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Terry Brown, Roy Allan Leo Austin, Christopher Douglas Brown, Andrew John Drysdale