Patents by Inventor John C. Woolington

John C. Woolington 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: 4597700
    Abstract: A record engraving apparatus having a table with a vacuum source for retaining thereon a master lacquer with portions thereon having pre-recorded disc-shaped record portions. The rotatable table is precisely positionable in all directions of the plane of the table as well as in orthogonal directions, and includes provision for mounting the master lacquer with the center thereof in one of at least two locations depending on the center of the record portions relative to the master lacquer. A vertically adjustable arm is provided with a turret head having thereon a plurality of heated sapphire cutters of different sizes, each of which may be indexed into position. The arm is adjustable in a direction orthogonal to the plane of the table to provide variations in depths of cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Woolington, James A. Chenoweth
  • Patent number: 4329808
    Abstract: A tubular member holds a paper, tubular fuselage above a paper wing supported by a plate and below a folding die from which a fuselage presser depends; whereby the fuselage may be attached to the wing and the edges of the wing may be folded into an aerodynamic configuration when the die and tubular member are brought into working association with a pair of upstanding plates which are spaced apart in a manner such that the fuselage and its associated parts may be positioned between said plates while said die folds the wing edges over the upper edges of the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Hubert A. Rich, Gary M. Saffer, John C. Woolington