Patents by Inventor William E. Holiman

William E. Holiman 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).

  • Anti-foul device for tire carcass cutting and shredding apparatus
    Patent number: 4627581
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed for use with a tire carcass shredding apparatus having a base frame in which are journalled at least one pair of opposed parallel shafts on which are carried slotted mandrels and cutter blades having spacers between each adjacent mandrel and cutter blade all being spline mounted for rotation with the shafts. The cutter blades are carried by one shaft entering the slots of the mandrels of the opposed shaft. The anti-foul device of this invention has a support bar for each of the opposed parallel shafts. Clean-out fingers and anti-foul fingers are positionable along the support bars for cleaning the zone of interdigitation between the mandrels and cutter blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Tire-Gator, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Holiman, Henry O'Keefe
  • Apparatus for handling waste including rubber tires
    Patent number: 4142688
    Abstract: Waste such as combustible trash and prime garbage is mixed with rubber tires and shredded together to produce a compacted and combustible output product which can be used as a fuel or incinerated for further compacting.The apparatus involves interengaging rotary feeder-cutter wheels mounted on counterrotating shafts to pull materials through a feed path while shredding with the aid of shredder blades interspersed between the wheels. Feeding, mixing and conveying techniques through one or more shredder stages provide for attainment of high speed feed rates and handling of some degree solid debris such as steel belts in tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Inventors: Albert O. Johnson, William E. Holiman, Stephen D. Buchanan
  • Method of and apparatus for cleaning down well valves of well pumps in situ
    Patent number: 4098340
    Abstract: Pump valves are flushed by accelerated fluid flow therethrough induced by moving the pump rods through an accelerated downstroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Inventors: Barney Raymond Steele, William E. Holiman
  • Methods of handling waste
    Patent number: 4081143
    Abstract: Waste such as combustible trash and prime garbage is mixed with rubber tires and shredded together to produce a compacted and combustible output product which can be used as a fuel or incinerated for further compacting.The process involves interengaging rotary feeder-cutter wheels mounted on counterrotating shafts to pull materials through a feed path while shredding with the aid of shredder blades interspersed between the wheels. Feeding, mixing and conveying techniques through one or more shredder stages provide for attainment of high speed feed rates and handling of some degree solid debris such as steel belts in tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: Tire-Gator, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert O. Johnson, William E. Holiman, Stephen D. Buchanan