Wade H Beery

20170314858, Nov 2, 2017

Jul 19, 2017

15/654671

- Woodland WA, US
Alan Robbins - Jacksonville FL, US
Wade Beery - Orange Park FL, US
Walter Holland - Jacksonville FL, US
Christopher W. Blomquist - Ridgefield WA, US

F26B 25/00
B65G 39/18
F26B 25/22
B65G 43/08
F26B 25/10
F26B 15/14
F26B 15/12
F26B 25/06
F26B 25/20

Embodiments provide a conveyor for conveying loads of lumber through a lumber kiln or other structure without the use of lumber carts or pushers. The conveyor may include a plurality of rollers arranged to form a flow path through the lumber kiln. Groups of the rollers may be driven by separate drives that are configured to rotate the rollers in opposite rotary directions and/or at variable speeds. Some or all of the drives may be operable independently of the other drives to transport loads of lumber at different speeds/directions in adjacent areas of the lumber kiln. In the event of a fire or a shut-down, the rollers in the proximal half of the kiln and those in the distal half of the kiln can be rotated in opposite directions to evacuate loads quickly from both ends.

20170247195, Aug 31, 2017

Nov 29, 2016

15/364237

- Woodland WA, US
Wade Beery - Orange Park FL, US
Phong Tan Ngo - Jacksonville FL, US
Jeff Morton - Fleming Island FL, US

B65G 25/10
F26B 25/00

Embodiments of a pusher device may include a frame, guide rails coupled to the frame, a carriage slideable along the guide rails, and a linear positioner coupled to the carriage and frame and operable to move the carriage along the guide rails. Two or more lugs may be mounted to the carriage and rotatable between a resting position, in which the forward ends of the lugs can contact the transverse supports of a tram above the carriage, and a lowered position in which the lugs can pass below the transverse supports. In the resting position, the longitudinal axis of each lug may be inclined from rear to front, such that the lugs contact the tram with the front end (as opposed to a longitudinal side) of the lugs. The lugs be generally triangular, trapezoidal, or concave polygonal in profile. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed herein.

20150345865, Dec 3, 2015

Jun 2, 2015

14/728949

- Woodland WA, US
Alan Robbins - Jacksonville FL, US
Wade Beery - Orange Park FL, US
Walter Holland - Jacksonville FL, US
Christopher W. Blomquist - Ridgefield WA, US

F26B 25/00
B65G 43/08
F26B 25/22
B65G 39/18
F26B 25/10
F26B 25/20

Embodiments provide a conveyor for conveying loads of lumber through a lumber kiln or other structure without the use of lumber carts or pushers. The conveyor may include a plurality of rollers arranged to form a flow path through the lumber kiln. Groups of the rollers may be driven by separate drives that are configured to rotate the rollers in opposite rotary directions and/or at variable speeds. Some or all of the drives may be operable independently of the other drives to transport loads of lumber at different speeds/directions in adjacent areas of the lumber kiln. In the event of a fire or a shut-down, the rollers in the proximal half of the kiln and those in the distal half of the kiln can be rotated in opposite directions to evacuate loads quickly from both ends.