Patents by Inventor David L. Machovina

David L. Machovina 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).

  • Publication number: 20080256809
    Abstract: A cutting tool is described that enables quick and simple blade replacement. The cutting tool utilizes a pair of handles configured in a scissor-like arrangement. A cutting blade is releasably engaged with one of the handles. A spring or other biasing member urges the handles apart from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Steven M. Macsay, Glen R. Chartier, David L. Machovina
  • Patent number: 7044030
    Abstract: A pivoting jaw pipe wrench comprises a fixed jaw including a plurality of discrete teeth, each for a different one of a plurality of pipes having different diameters. A pivotal jaw member has first and second jaw faces at an obtuse angle to one another and displaceable toward and away from the fixed jaw, whereby a pipe of given diameter to be gripped by the wrench is cradled between the first and second jaw surfaces and engaged by the one of the discrete teeth provided on the arcuate jaw for the pipe of given diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Glen R. Chartier, David L. Machovina, Chris W. Mandell
  • Publication number: 20040154440
    Abstract: A pivoting jaw pipe wrench comprises a fixed jaw including a plurality of discrete teeth, each for a different one of a plurality of pipes having different diameters. A pivotal jaw member has first and second jaw faces at an obtuse angle to one another and displaceable toward and away from the fixed jaw, whereby a pipe of given diameter to be gripped by the wrench is cradled between the first and second jaw surfaces and engaged by the one of the discrete teeth provided on the arcuate jaw for the pipe of given diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Emerson Electric Co., a corporation of Missouri
    Inventors: Glen R. Chartier, David L. Machovina, Chris W. Mandell
  • Patent number: 6742419
    Abstract: A pivoting jaw pipe wrench comprises a fixed jaw including a plurality of discrete teeth, each for a different one of a plurality of pipes having different diameters. A pivotal jaw member has first and second jaw faces at an obtuse angle to one another and displaceable toward and away from the fixed jaw, whereby a pipe of given diameter to be gripped by the wrench is cradled between the first and second jaw surfaces and engaged by the one of the discrete teeth provided on the arcuate jaw for the pipe of given diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Glen R. Chartier, David L. Machovina, Chris W. Mandell
  • Publication number: 20030209109
    Abstract: A pivoting jaw pipe wrench comprises a fixed jaw including a plurality of discrete teeth, each for a different one of a plurality of pipes having different diameters. A pivotal jaw member has first and second jaw faces at an obtuse angle to one another and displaceable toward and away from the fixed jaw, whereby a pipe of given diameter to be gripped by the wrench is cradled between the first and second jaw surfaces and engaged by the one of the discrete teeth provided on the arcuate jaw for the pipe of given diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Glen R. Chartier, David L. Machovina, Chris W. Mandell
  • Patent number: 5528919
    Abstract: Apparatus for roll grooving thin wall pipe comprises a housing supporting a female drive roll and an arm pivotally mounted on the housing and supporting a male idler roll. A feed screw between the housing and arm provides for pivoting the arm to displace the idler roll radially toward and away from the drive roll, and a quick release arrangement between the feed screw and housing is operable to release the arm to displace the idler roll away from the drive roll at the end of a roll grooving operation without rotating the feed screw. Self-tracking during a roll grooving operation is provided by teeth on an outer surface of the drive roll which urge the pipe and grooving rolls axially inwardly relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. McGrady, David L. Machovina
  • Patent number: 5301530
    Abstract: Tube bending apparatus comprising a lower support carrying a mandrel having a bending groove providing a bend axis, and an upper support mounted on the lower support for rotation about the bend axis and carrying a forming member for urging a tube between the mandrel and forming member into the bending groove on rotation of the upper support relative to the lower support. The upper support is adapted to be rotated relative to the lower support through a drive shaft arrangement extending downwardly from the lower support and coupled with a drive unit having an output coupling coaxial with the drive shaft and transverse to the axis of the drive motor of the drive unit. A stand supports the bending apparatus and drive unit relative to an underlying support surface during operation of the bending apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Company
    Inventors: Valere H. J. Beelen, David L. Machovina
  • Patent number: 5284040
    Abstract: Tube bending apparatus comprising a lower support carrying a mandrel having a bending groove providing a bend axis, and an upper support mounted on the lower support for rotation about the bend axis and carrying a forming member for urging a tube between the mandrel and forming member into the bending groove on rotation of the upper support relative to the lower support. The upper support is adapted to be rotated relative to the lower support through a drive shaft arrangement extending downwardly from the lower support and coupled with a drive unit having an output coupling coaxial with the drive shaft and transverse to the axis of the drive motor of the drive unit. A stand supports the bending apparatus and drive unit relative to an underlying support surface during operation of the bending apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Valere H. J. Beelen, David L. Machovina
  • Patent number: D474380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Glen R. Chartier, David L. Machovina, Chris W. Mandell
  • Patent number: D657213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Emerson Electic Co.
    Inventors: Frederick D. Pond, Paul W. Gress, David L. Machovina
  • Patent number: D660116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Bryan Owen, David L. Machovina