Patents by Inventor Stephen Charles King

Stephen Charles King 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).

  • RAPID RELEASE MECHANISM FOR A CURVED BELT CONVEYOR AND A METHOD OF USING THE RAPID RELEASE MECHANISM THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190375596
    Abstract: A curved belt conveyor including a frame, a first pulley and a second pulley carried by the frame, and a conveyor belt positioned around the first pulley and the second pulley. The conveyor belt includes a bead fitted to an outer boundary of the conveyor belt. A plurality of pillars are coupled to the frame and positioned around the outer boundary of the conveyor belt with an unobstructed space between adjacent pairs of the plurality of pillars providing access to an interior region between upper and lower portions of the conveyor belt. A pair of opposed roller assemblies are positioned on each pillar to cooperatively engage the bead and resist inward tension from the conveyor belt. At least one of the roller assemblies of each pair of roller assemblies is pivotably coupled to its associated pillar for movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen Charles King
  • Rapid release mechanism for a curved belt conveyor and a method of using the rapid release mechanism thereof
    Patent number: 10392191
    Abstract: A curved belt conveyor including a frame, a first pulley and a second pulley carried by the frame, and a conveyor belt positioned around the first pulley and the second pulley. The conveyor belt includes a bead fitted to an outer boundary of the conveyor belt. A plurality of pillars are coupled to the frame and positioned around the outer boundary of the conveyor belt with an unobstructed space between adjacent pairs of the plurality of pillars providing access to an interior region between upper and lower portions of the conveyor belt. A pair of opposed roller assemblies are positioned on each pillar to cooperatively engage the bead and resist inward tension from the conveyor belt. At least one of the roller assemblies of each pair of roller assemblies is pivotably coupled to its associated pillar for movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen Charles King