Patents Assigned to Car-Tec Company
  • Safety and environmental workbench
    Patent number: 6453918
    Abstract: A workbench including provisions for cleaning of an object. The workbench includes an enclosure and a shelf that is slidable into and out of the enclosure. The shelf can support an object within the enclosure. A manifold and nozzles within the enclosure direct cleaning liquid or compressed gas at the object so as to clean it and collect the material removed from the object within the enclosure. The workbench includes a top suitable for dimensional gaging and inspection of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Car-Tec Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Cardemon
  • Method and apparatus for machining highly concentric parts
    Patent number: 6202520
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for machining highly concentric surfaces on a workpiece. In a pre-operation, locating features are machined into either end of a workpiece. These locating features are subsequently pulled apart so as to induce tension in the workpiece. In the state of tension the workpiece is rotated and one or more diameters are machined onto the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Car-Tec Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Cardemon
  • Safety and environmental workbench
    Patent number: 6202657
    Abstract: A workbench including provisions for cleaning of an object. The workbench includes an enclosure and a shelf that is slidable into and out of the enclosure. The shelf can support an object within the enclosure. A manifold and nozzles within the enclosure direct cleaning liquid or compressed gas at the object so as to clean it and collect the material removed from the object within the enclosure. The workbench includes a top suitable for dimensional gaging and inspection of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Car-Tec Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Cardemon