Patents Assigned to Mike Patrick
  • Fine feed adjustment for milling machines and methods relating thereto
    Patent number: 6071050
    Abstract: A fine feed adjustment adapter for new milling machinery or retrofitted to existing milling machines is used in order to obtain adjustments of between 1/4 and 1/10,000th of an inch along the z-axis. The fine feed adjustment mechanism does not interfere with the preexisting coarse, vertical adjustment arm which is standard on commercial milling machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Mike Patrick
    Inventors: Michael A. Patrick, Richard M. Cook