Patents Assigned to Lake Center Industries a division of Guy F. Atkinson Company
  • Patent number: 4902050
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for the tying of knots in elongated flexible members such as string or rope. The method includes the steps of first providing an elongated member of a desired length and then clamping the elongated member at a location spaced a predetermined distance from the free end thereof while rotating the clamped location to form a loop, with the free end crossing over the loop. The free end of the elongated member is then removed through the loop and the end is then clamped. The initial clamping pressure is released and the elongated member is then pulled to complete the tying of a knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Lake Center Industries a division of Guy F. Atkinson Company
    Inventors: Eugene E. Sobeck, Edward L. Steele
  • Patent number: 4884792
    Abstract: This invention is in the nature of a clamp to be used to clamp, for example, parts on a work piece for machining and the like. The clamp has a clamp bar and a handle bar and a roller and cam arrangement so that the clamp bar can be releasably held in an up-lock position by the cam but may be released and then the cam applied to clamp the clamp bar to the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Lake Center Industries a division of Guy F. Atkinson Company
    Inventors: Roy Rendahl, Edward L. Steele