Patents Assigned to Joel D. Mallett
  • Automatic link forming apparatus
    Patent number: 5412933
    Abstract: A machine is shown for feeding a length of wire to a forming station, cutting and forming the length into a U-shaped element around an arbor, moving the U-shaped element to a presentation position in a channel of a face plate with the free ends of the element extending out of the face plate, then forming the free ends into a closed loop by means of a forming head engaging the ends and bending them into the loop and finally ejecting the element from the face plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Joel D. Mallett
    Inventors: Joel D. Mallett, Robert M. Mulligan