Patents by Inventor Art Ducherer

Art Ducherer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for assembling a workpiece
    Patent number: 8403316
    Abstract: There is disclosed an elevator for holding a workpiece, the elevator comprising a turntable and adapted to slide along a support chain to thereby vertically displace the elevator. There is further disclosed a method of assembling a workpiece, the method comprising the steps of stacking first and second workpiece sections on a turntable elevator; and sliding the elevator along a support chain to thereby vertically position the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventors: Art Ducherer, Daryl Garrison, Joseph Bowser, Timothy Brace, Terrance Forget, Blaine Ross
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20120014772
    Abstract: There is disclosed an elevator for holding a workpiece, the elevator comprising a turntable and adapted to slide along a support chain to thereby vertically displace the elevator. There is further disclosed a method of assembling a workpiece, the method comprising the steps of stacking first and second workpiece sections on a turntable elevator; and sliding the elevator along a support chain to thereby vertically position the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: 1540049 ALBERTA LTD.
    Inventors: Art DUCHERER, Daryl GARRISON, Joseph BOWSER, Timothy BRACE, Terrance FORGET, Blaine ROSS
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20110222998
    Abstract: There is disclosed an elevator for holding a workpiece, the elevator comprising a turntable and adapted to slide along a support chain to thereby vertically displace the elevator. There is further disclosed a method of assembling a workpiece, the method comprising the steps of stacking first and second workpiece sections on a turntable elevator; and sliding the elevator along a support chain to thereby vertically position the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: 1540049 ALBERTA LTD.
    Inventors: Art DUCHERER, Daryl GARRISON, Joseph BOWSER, Timothy BRACE, Terrance FORGET, Blaine ROSS