Patents by Inventor H. Dewain Whisenhunt

H. Dewain Whisenhunt 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).

  • Patent number: 5653297
    Abstract: An automatic breakout wrench with: the clamping jaw located on the inside of the pipe so that the clamping grip is not reduced by the force of the breakout cylinder; the orientation of the breakout cylinder resulting in the breakout cylinder creating a moment that forces the wrench toward the pipe rather than away from the pipe; pivotal movement of the wrench member guided by three pins; the wrench member pivoting twenty-four degrees; the clamping jaw pivotally mounted on one of the pins guiding movement of the wrench member; and shims secured in a manner so as to be easily inserted and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Harnischfeger Corporation
    Inventor: H. Dewain Whisenhunt
  • Patent number: 5622232
    Abstract: A blasthole drill comprising a frame supported for movement over the ground, a mast supported by the frame for movement relative thereto between a substantially vertical position and a non-vertical position, the mast defining a drill hole axis, a drill-through pipe rack mounted on the mast, the pipe rack including a rack member, a gate mounted on the rack member, the gate having open and closed modes and being adapted to support the lower end of a drill pipe when the gate is in the closed mode, the gate permitting the drill pipe to move downwardly relative to the gate when the gate switches to the open mode, and the gate allowing movement of the rack member away from a drill pipe previously supported by the gate when the gate is in the open mode, a mechanism for moving the rack member horizontally relative to the mast and between an extended position wherein a drill pipe supported by the gate is on the drill hole axis and a retracted position wherein the gate is spaced from a drill pipe on the drill hole axis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Harnischfeger Corporation
    Inventor: H. Dewain Whisenhunt