Patents by Inventor Frederick B. Tyler, Jr.

Frederick B. Tyler, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for guiding a tool along a curved path
    Patent number: 4283044
    Abstract: An apparatus for guiding a tool on a curved path which includes an elongated guide member elastically deformed in the shape of a spline curve and a means responsive to said elastically deformed curved guide member for directing or limiting the movement of the tool to a path responsive to the curved shape of the elastically deformed curved guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Inventors: John R. McKibbin, Frederick B. Tyler, Jr.
  • Apparatus for guiding a tool in a linear path relative to a work piece, and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 4190236
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for guiding a tool in a linear path relative to a work piece, and method of manufacture thereof, including a means for supporting the work piece, a transverse tool carrying member supported above the work piece and perpendicularily across a plurality of collinear tracks, one of said tracks being a precisely aligned master track and the remainder of the collinear tracks being follower tracks made from an epoxy material which is poured and permitted to harden into a horizontal track surface on which the transverse tool carrying member is rollingly supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Inventors: John R. McKibbin, Frederick B. Tyler, Jr.