Patents by Inventor Raymond M. Bowler

Raymond M. Bowler 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).

  • Heel attaching machine
    Patent number: 4485951
    Abstract: A heel attaching machine is provided with a shoe support in the form of an elongated boot jack which is capable of handling boots as well as conventional low shoes. The machine includes a heel holddown mechanism to clamp the shoe on the support and an arrangement to withdraw the heel holddown mechanism in its entirety to a temporary, remote position which will not interfere with placement or withdrawal of a high boot on the shoe support. The machine is adapted to operate with equal facility on conventional shoes as well as high, stiff boots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Bush Universal, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond M. Bowler
  • Techniques for stripping a sleeve from resin impregnated fibrous rovings
    Patent number: 4403361
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stripping a sleeve from a length of resin-impregnated fiberglass rovings and for cutting a length of the impregnated fibers. The invention severs and separates the sleeve in a manner which assures that the fibers will remain compact and in which substantially all of the resin remains with the fiber rovings. The material is advanced through the stripper solely by drawing on the severed sleeve and without gripping or otherwise disrupting the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Bush Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond M. Bowler, Jules N. Allard