Patents by Inventor William Wenz

William Wenz 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).

  • Individual cavity adjustment tong head assembly
    Patent number: 5507849
    Abstract: A tong head assembly for a glass blowing machine includes multiple tong mechanisms. Each tong mechanism has a tong extending from the bottom of a cylinder. The tongs are adapted to grasp a blown container. The cylinders are mounted for independent rectilinear and angular movement in the tong head assembly in order to compensate for misalignment of the tongs with the glass container to be grasped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Jeff Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William Wenz
  • Tong arm assembly
    Patent number: 4412778
    Abstract: A tong arm assembly for carrying and moving a tong head arcuately between two horizontally spaced positions includes a housing having the tong head pivotally connected to one end; the other end of the housing being rotatably mounted to a fixed arm stud. A pair of levers located within the housing have their first ends pivotally connected to an extension of the stud and their second ends pivotally connected to the tong head. As the housing is arcuately moved, the levers maintain the tong head steady and in its proper orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Jeff Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William Wenz
  • Tong head assembly
    Patent number: 4185985
    Abstract: A tong head assembly used in glass molding equipment is disclosed which includes a pair of scissors assemblies and a pneumatic cylinder, piston and piston rod assembly directly interconnected to each of the scissors assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Inventor: William Wenz
  • Retrofit improvements in tong head assemblies
    Patent number: 3982919
    Abstract: A retrofit repair assembly for tong head assemblies used in glass molding equipment is disclosed which includes a pneumatic cylinder, piston and piston rod assembly directly interconnected to the scissors assembly and pneumatically interconnected to the original cylinder following removal and scrapping of the original piston, piston rod, cross head and plunger assemblies of the tong head assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Inventor: William Wenz