Fernand S. Lapeyre
Engineering at Octavia St, New Orleans, LA

4005504, Feb 1, 1977

Sep 5, 1975

5/610676

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

The Laitram Corporation - New Orleans LA

A22C 2900

17 48

The present disclosure is directed to an improved method and machine for peeling shrimp for the fantail and butterfly shrimp market in which only certain desired segments of the shrimp shell are removed from the raw uncooked shrimp. The method assumes that prior to peeling the desired shell segments 1 through 5 from the raw shrimp that the back of the shrimp shell of segments 1 through 5 has been cut open and the condyle hinges between shell segments 5 and 6 have been broken. In the method of this disclosure the shrimp are fed lengthwise and individually one after another to a friction type peeling nip of short length. The rollers forming the nip are rotated in opposite directions during the peeling action and simultaneously while being peeled the individual shrimp is induced to move lengthwise along and beyond the peeling nip with its shell being pinched off from the ventral side of the shrimp meat in a progressive manner and sequentially one segment after another along its length except for the tail and sixth segment which are not exposed to the peeling action of the nip.

4501575, Feb 26, 1985

Feb 6, 1984

6/577138

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

F16H 900

474 74

A two speed rear wheel hub transmission for BMX bicycles and the like that can be utilized as original equipment or as a conversion kit. High and low speed drive sprockets are mounted with intermediary overrunning clutches on the rear wheel hub of a BMX bicycle with each adapted to be concurrently chain driven by larger diameter high and low speed sprockets commonly mounted on the pedal drive shaft. Both the high and low speed drive systems are normally biased into driving engagement with the rear wheel hub but with the high speed drive system normally overriding the low speed system which free wheels during normal high speed bicycle operation. Downshifting is effected by a manually induced counter-rotational precessing of the rear wheel mounted high speed drive sprocket for selective driving disengagement thereof and automatic, delay free shifting to the low speed drive without effective interruption of drive pedal sprocket rotation.

4305312, Dec 15, 1981

Dec 13, 1978

5/968989

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

F16H 344, F16H 506

74750B

A multi-speed bicycle transmission located at the drive pedal hub and including a drive pedal actuatable shifting assembly for effecting gear change in response to limited reverse rotation of the drive pedal shaft at a pair of predetermined locations in the path of rotative displacement thereof. The drive pedal responsive shifting assembly further includes a slidable collar on the drive pedal shaft having two pairs of selectively contoured camming means thereon that are engageable by radially displaceable shift pin means extending into the pedal hub to effect longitudinal displacement of said collar on said collar on the drive pedal shaft and accompanying shifting of the gears in response thereto.

4213527, Jul 22, 1980

Jan 17, 1977

5/759721

James M. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA
Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

The Laitram Corporation - New Orleans LA

B29F 301

198853

A chain link conveyor comprises modules made of an organic plastic material and pivotably connected to one another. Each module is designed to be extruded as a slab and machined to form a module comprising intermediate sections, reinforcing center sections and a number of parallel spaced link end sections having aligned holes for receiving pivot rods. The module also includes a specially designed rib adapted to interact with suitable drive means of a conveyor system.

4376394, Mar 15, 1983

Feb 13, 1981

6/234427

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

F16H 344

74750B

A multi-speed bicycle transmission located at the drive pedal hub and manually actuatable shifting assembly therefor. The shifting assembly further includes a slidable collar mounted on and rotatable in conjunction with the drive pedal shaft within the drive pedal hub having camming means thereon engageable by pivotably displaceable shift pin means extending into the pedal hub to effect selective manually induced longitudinal displacement of said collar on the drive pedal shaft and an accompanying shifting of the gears in response thereto.

4419905, Dec 13, 1983

Sep 22, 1980

6/189728

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

F16H 3100, F16D 4104

74126

A collar on the drive shaft of a bicycle pedal hub is mounted with means to displace the collar longitudinally along the shaft. The displacement is accomplished by a limited reverse rotation of the pedals and shaft. The direction of the displacement may be in either longitudinal direction and depends upon the position of the collar before the reverse rotation of the pedals and shaft. Displacement of the collar causes a bicycle transmission to shift gears.

3932914, Jan 20, 1976

May 28, 1974

5/473939

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

The Laitram Corporation - New Orleans LA

A22C 2900

17 71

The present disclosure is directed to a condyle hinge breaker for shrimp which have been positioned upon a support at its terminus with the condyle hinge between the fifth and sixth shell segments of the shrimp positioned immediately above the terminus of the support and a position holding means has rendered the shrimp static relative to the support with only its sixth shell segment and telson extending there beyond. At this point pressure means is applied from the dorsal toward ventral side of the shrimp causing the sixth shell segment and telson to be wrapped about and beneath the terminus breaking the condyle hinge between the fifth and sixth shell segment.

4283969, Aug 18, 1981

Jun 27, 1977

5/810112

Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

F16H 552

74810

This invention relates to multi-speed bicycle transmissions and more particularly to an improved, pedal hub located and drive pedal responsive multi-speed bicycle transmission system.

4080842, Mar 28, 1978

Jun 10, 1974

5/477675

James M. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA
Fernand S. Lapeyre - New Orleans LA

The Laitram Corporation - New Orleans LA

F16G 1302

74251C

A chain link conveyor comprises modules pivotally connected to one another. Each module is designed to be molded as a unit, preferably of an organic plastic material and comprises a number of parallel, spaced links having end sections with aligned holes for snap-together pivot rods, and intermediate sections joined by integral cross members to form a rigid, supporting grid.