Patents by Inventor Ralph C. Brosius

Ralph C. Brosius 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: 4858811
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool for driving a nail or anchor, the tool disposed for feeding of a cartridge strip of explosive cartridges through the tool, which upon ignition drive a plurality of magazined fasteners into a surface; the tool incorporating a handle, a tubular chamber, a piston and combustion chamber within the tubular chamber, the combustion chamber receiving a cartridge in preparation for firing, which upon ignition, propels the piston forwardly for driving of a nail, a fastener housing located forwardly of the tubular chamber, and provided for shifting of a strip of fasteners held by a magazine upwardly through the tool during repeated tool usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Eldorado Cartridge Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Brosius, Ralph C. Brosius
  • Patent number: 4687126
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool for use for driving a nail or other anchor into a hardened surface, such as concrete, the tool applicable for feeding a cartridge strip of magazined explosive cartridges through the tool for repeated subsequent driving of a plurality of fasteners into such a surface, the tool incorporating a handle, a tubular housing provided extending forwardly from the handle, a barrel cylinder provided for limited reciprocal movement within the tubular housing, a cartridge chamber provided at the rear of said barrel cylinder for contiguous reception of a cartridge therein in preparation for firing, a piston provided within the barrel cylinder and provided for reciprocal movement therein between a set position arranged approximate the back segment of the barrel cylinder and at its front segment as after a firing and driving of a fastener in place, the barrel cylinder and piston capable of being reset in preparation for refiring, a feed housing mounted upon the barrel cylinder, providing for an indexi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Research Plus, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Brosius, Ralph C. Brosius
  • Patent number: D298509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Research Plus, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Brosius, Ralph C. Brosius
  • Patent number: D314320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Eldorado Cartridge Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Brosius, Ralph C. Brosius