Patents by Inventor Heinrich F. Meyer

Heinrich F. Meyer 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).

  • Autopin machine
    Patent number: 4318964
    Abstract: An apparatus and supply strip is disclosed for inserting terminal pins into an apertured workpiece. The apparatus includes reciprocating feeding means for sequentially advancing a supply strip of integrally connected preformed terminal pins toward the workpiece; shearing means for severing the leading one of said pins from the remainder of the supply strip; and driving means for inserting the severed lead one of said pins into the workpiece. The feeding means comprises grasping means operable only when the feeding means is moving in a first direction toward the workpiece to grasp the supply strip at the juncture of adjacent integrally connected preformed terminal pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: General Staple Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Irwin Zahn, Heinrich F. Meyer
  • Autopin machine
    Patent number: 4176448
    Abstract: An apparatus and supply strip is disclosed for inserting terminal pins into an apertured workpiece. The apparatus includes reciprocating feeding means for sequentially advancing a supply strip of integrally connected preformed terminal pins toward the workpiece; shearing means for severing the leading one of said pins from the remainder of the supply strip; and driving means for inserting the severed lead one of said pins into the workpiece. The feeding means comprises grasping means operable only when the feeding means is moving in a first direction toward the workpiece to grasp the supply strip at the juncture of adjacent integrally connected preformed terminal pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: General Staple Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Irwin Zahn, Heinrich F. Meyer