Patents by Inventor Walter Bates Hammond

Walter Bates Hammond 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).

  • Side-by-side reducer conveyor
    Patent number: 10040640
    Abstract: A side-by-side reducer (SSR) conveyor has one lateral side of driven rollers operating at a different longitudinal running speed than another lateral side of driven rollers. The one lateral has an input section of driven rollers skewed away from the other lateral side followed by a converging zone of driven rollers skewed toward the other lateral side. The separation prevents frictional contact between side-by-side cartons so that one can be longitudinally moved a different velocity than the other to converge in a tandem arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
    Inventors: J. Bryan Boyce, Justin Brouk, Walter Bates Hammond
  • Side-By-Side Reducer Conveyor
    Publication number: 20170320676
    Abstract: A side-by-side reducer (SSR) conveyor has one lateral side of driven rollers operating at a different longitudinal running speed than another lateral side of driven rollers. The one lateral has an input section of driven rollers skewed away from the other lateral side followed by a converging zone of driven rollers skewed toward the other lateral side. The separation prevents frictional contact between side-by-side cartons so that one can be longitudinally moved a different velocity than the other to converge in a tandem arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: J. Bryan Boyce, Justin Brouk, Walter Bates Hammond