Patents by Inventor Sydney E. Tilbey

Sydney E. Tilbey 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).

  • Slitting apparatus for sugarcane rind
    Patent number: 5232510
    Abstract: A sugarcane rind-slitting apparatus having a pair of counter-rotatable cylindrical assemblies each with a multiplicity of axially-adjustable intermeshing disks and flexible spacers, and fixed comb members between disks to guide the rind and rind strands to facilitate passage of rind and rind strands. Certain preferred embodiments include axial recesses on the sides of the disks near their peripheries to provide other advantages, including self-sharpening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Inventor: Sydney E. Tilbey