Patents by Inventor Thomas Raymond Rodgers
Thomas Raymond Rodgers 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).
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Publication number: 20220219888Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Nathan Scott Batson, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Patent number: 11299342Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Spokane Stainless Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Nathan Scott Batson, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Patent number: 10974894Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Spokane IndustriesInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Thomas Raymond Rodgers, Michael Phillip Blessing
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Publication number: 20200002084Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Nathan Scott Batson, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Patent number: 10336534Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Spokane IndustriesInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Nathan Scott Batson, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Publication number: 20190177081Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Thomas Raymond Rodgers, Michael Phillip Blessing
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Patent number: 10239688Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Spokane IndustriesInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Michael Phillip Blessing, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Publication number: 20170190507Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Michael Phillip Blessing, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Patent number: 9637307Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Spokane IndustriesInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Michael Phillip Blessing, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Publication number: 20160280458Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Nathan Scott Batson, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Patent number: 9381550Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Spokane IndustiresInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Thomas Raymond Rodgers, Nathan Scott Batson
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Publication number: 20150203290Abstract: A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Spokane IndustriesInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Michael Phillip Blessing, Thomas Raymond Rodgers
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Publication number: 20140326327Abstract: A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Spokane IndustriesInventors: Nathan Hayes Owen, Thomas Raymond Rodgers, Nathan Scott Batson