Patents by Inventor Theodore Thomas Wilk

Theodore Thomas Wilk 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).

  • ARCHING METALLIC PROFILES IN CONTINOUS IN-LINE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20120131974
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing an arched metallic profile, in a continuous in-line process. The method comprises forming the metallic profile; and arching the formed metallic profile in a continuous in-line process. The apparatus includes a roll forming station configured to receive flat metallic composition and output a given profile. An arching device is configured to receive the metallic profile and bend the metallic profile having a desired radius of curvature wherein a portion of the arching device is displaced with respect to said roll forming station vertically and/or horizontally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack Curless, William Smyth, John Martinez, Dan Nelson, William Cromer, Theodore Thomas Wilk