Patents by Inventor William S. Burns

William S. Burns 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).

  • Single-end wall tie
    Patent number: 6351922
    Abstract: An adjustable wall tie for securing together spaced wythes such as a masonry veneer wall to a structural masonry wall of block-like construction. The wall incudes a tension anchor and a generally J-shaped single-ended hook adapted to engage the tension for vertical adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Blok-Lok Limited
    Inventors: William S. Burns, Kenneth G. Banks
  • Adjustable wall tie
    Patent number: 5490366
    Abstract: An adjustable wall tie for anchoring and tying a masonry veneer to a structural masonry wall having a combination of component parts which includes a tension anchor element disposed in a mortar joint of a structural masonry block wall interconnected with an adjustable double-end hook secured at both ends in adjacent horizontal mortar joints of courses of a masonry veneer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Inventors: William S. Burns, Patrick J. Sweeney
  • Safety guards and methods for manually feeding workpieces to assembly machines
    Patent number: 4294480
    Abstract: A safety guard (10) and method of manually feeding a workpiece (11), such as a flat rectangular terminal board, to an assembly machine (13), such as a conventional eyeletting machine. The guard includes a hollow, generally hemispherical shield (20) having a slot (21) in a front face thereof, into which an end portion (A) of a workpiece may be inserted so that the working portion of the workpiece extends from the front of the shield toward the machine. The operator inserts his or her hand into a rear opening of the shield and securely grips the end portion of the workpiece between thumb and forefinger, so that the workpiece may freely be fed manually to the assembly machine, but the shield protects the operator's hand from injury by the machine details.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: William S. Burns, Jr., William M. Sankey
  • Releasably locked mounting assembly for telephone dials
    Patent number: 4032727
    Abstract: Telephone dial mounting assemblies are disclosed wherein a uniquely constructed pair of resilient mounting elements, such as in the form of spring clips with bifurcated U-shaped leg sections, are secured to and interposed between the dial and associated support structure, permanently secured within a telephone housing, and having suitably dimensioned and positioned spring clip-receiving openings formed therein. Such a modular mounting assembly is not only of simplified, inexpensive and reliable construction, but advantageously allows dials of the same or different types to be rapidly and simply mounted within or removed from a telephone housing regardless of any differences either in the overall structural dimensions, or in the spacing or location of the attachment brackets or tabs, that may exist between alternative dials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William S. Burns, Jr.