Patents by Inventor Troy A. Frasher

Troy A. Frasher 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).

  • Flexible part deflasher
    Patent number: 5470220
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing flash from a flexible molded part includes a support for supporting the part being deflashed in underlying relation with first and second pinch rollers which are located at opposite ends of the part, and first and second conveyor assemblies associated with the first and second pinch rollers, respectively, are adapted to move the flash at both ends of the part into engagement with the pinch rollers which are driven in opposite directions and have knurled surfaces, causing the flash to be pinched between the pinch rollers and the associated conveyor assemblies, pulling the flash from said part, the conveyor assemblies conveying the flash away from part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Hoover Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Potes, Edwin H. Lambarth, Troy A. Frasher, Beth E. Edelstein, Lowell D. Kelley, Cynthia J. Lewis