Patents Assigned to Nomis LLC
  • Patent number: 7343945
    Abstract: A milling system for milling patterns into a workpiece is disclosed. The system comprises a baseplate having an aperture and a template disposed within the aperture and positionable in a plurality of registrated orientations relative to the baseplate. The baseplate is formed of two separable baseplate parts. A system for vertically supporting a rotary cutting tool is also disclosed. The system comprises a base, a plurality of posts extending upwardly from the base, and a tool support for supporting the rotary tool. The tool support has a plurality of sleeves, one associated with each of the posts. The sleeves slidably receive respective ones of the posts. The tool support further includes springs for biasing the tool support away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schelberg, Jurgen Mathee, Joe Karkosch, John R. Kochanski
  • Publication number: 20070246300
    Abstract: An apparatus and method, for supporting a work piece, utilize an expandable articulated support frame having a plurality of telescopic columns arranged in rows and interconnected by a plurality of connecting rods pivotably connected to each other and the telescopic columns at intersections thereof, with upper ends of the telescopic columns being adapted for supporting the work piece thereupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Nomis LLC
    Inventor: Edward D. Adkins
  • Patent number: 7246446
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for constructing and operating an adjustable guide rail for hand tools, by attaching an elongated blade to a guide with a locking ratcheting apparatus. The locking ratcheting apparatus is thumb-operable. The elongated blade includes a first series of teeth. The guide includes the moveable thumb-operable latch. The latch has a second series of teeth which are selectively moveable into and out of engagement with the first series of teeth on the elongated blade for selectively preventing and allowing sliding movement of the elongated blade with respect to the guide. The teeth allow incremental adjustment of the guide rail apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nomis, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Adkins
  • Publication number: 20070102178
    Abstract: An angle drive attachment having an adjustable handle is provided. The angle drive includes an input shaft, an input shaft housing, a transmission, a handle mount, a handle, and an output socket. The handle allows the angle drive attachment to be adaptable to working environments having limited space or odd configurations. The input shaft rotates about the input axis of rotation and carried by the input shaft housing and drives the transmission. The output socket is connected to the transmission and rotates about an output axis of rotation and connects to a working bit. The handle mount mounts the handle to the input shaft housing. The handle, in cooperation with the handle mount, may be rotated about the input shaft housing, angled relative to the input shaft housing, and positioned axially linear along the input shaft housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Damian Kozina, Edward Adkins
  • Patent number: 7191677
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustable angle drive for a rotary power tool such as a drill. The adjustable angle drive includes input and output shafts journalled for rotation in input and output housings. The input and output shafts are rotatably coupled through gearing and are adjustable among different angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nomis LLC
    Inventor: Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20060272166
    Abstract: An apparatus and/or method for hanging a door in an associated frame are provided, through the use of one or more templates and/or guide devices including elements and features which facilitate proper positioning of mortises and/or holes in the door and door frame, for hinge and lock-set hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Edward Adkins, Damian Kozina
  • Patent number: 7131898
    Abstract: A removable surface positioning guide for a rotary hand-held tool provides one or more adjustable features for selective positioning of a surface engaging bit driven by the rotary hand-held tool. The surface positioning guide may include a pivot joint between a guide base and a mounting adapter. The guide base pivots relative to the mounting adapter about the pivot joint between operable positions. The surface positioning guide may include at least one spring supported by the mounting adapter either directly or indirectly that biases a guide base axially away from the mounting adapter. The guide base is movable toward the mounting adapter against the biasing of the at least one spring to effect a plunging movement. The surface positioning guide may include a reversible or interchangeable base flange with differently configured faces that are adapted to be placed against a working surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Edward Adkins, John Kochanski
  • Patent number: 7089978
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a quick attach and detach mechanism for a tool attachment such as a router attachment for a router. The attachment system includes a mounting adapter which may be integrally formed with the router housing or attached to the router housing as a bolt-on plate. The system works by vertically installing the tool attachment with the mounting adapter and then twisting to secure the tool attachment to the mounting adapter. A rotational lock is provided to prevent the tool attachment from inadvertently backing off or coming loose. This lock can be manually actuated to allow for quick detachment when desired. The tool attachment system is shown in association with a router which has several disclosed benefits, however there may also be applications of the system in other types of tool attachments for which coverage is also sought.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Joe Karkosch, John R. Kochanski, Edward Adkins, Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Patent number: 7029212
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for guiding the bit of a rotary hand tool along a corner of a work surface formed by two or more abutting surfaces, through use of a corner cutting apparatus which includes a corner cutting guide having a housing, defining an axis of the housing, and adapted for attachment of the rotary tool with the axis of the rotary tool extending through the housing along the axis of the housing. The housing also includes first and second guide walls, for engaging abutting walls at a corner of the work surface. The first and second guide walls are disposed substantially perpendicular to one another, and have respective outer surfaces which, if projected, would intersect to form a line lying in a common plane with the axis of the housing and oriented at an acute angle to the axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Edward Adkins, Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20060037667
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a quick attach and detach mechanism for a tool attachment such as a router attachment for a router. The attachment system includes a mounting adapter which may be integrally formed with the router housing or attached to the router housing as a bolt-on plate. The system works by vertically installing the tool attachment with the mounting adapter and then twisting to secure the tool attachment to the mounting adapter. A rotational lock is provided to prevent the tool attachment from inadvertently backing off or coming loose. This lock can be manually actuated to allow for quick detachment when desired. The tool attachment system is shown in association with a router which has several disclosed benefits, however there may also be applications of the system in other types of tool attachments for which coverage is also sought.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Nomis, LLC
    Inventors: Joe Karkosch, John Kochanski, Edward Adkins, Patrick Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20050263215
    Abstract: A milling system for milling patterns into a workpiece is disclosed. The system comprises a baseplate having an aperture and a template disposed within the aperture and positionable in a plurality of registrated orientations relative to the baseplate. The baseplate is formed of two separable baseplate parts. A system for vertically supporting a rotary cutting tool is also disclosed. The system comprises a base, a plurality of posts extending upwardly from the base, and a tool support for supporting the rotary tool. The tool support has a plurality of sleeves, one associated with each of the posts. The sleeves slidably receive respective ones of the posts. The tool support further includes springs for biasing the tool support away from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schelberg, Jurgen Mathee, Joe Karkosch, John Kochanski
  • Publication number: 20050241973
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for transporting, operating, and storing power tools and their accessories, through the use of a portable work center apparatus including a closable case having a work surface fixedly attached thereto, and storage compartments therein. The work surface is enclosed within the case when the case is in a closed position, exposed when the case is in an open position, and adapted for supporting a work piece thereupon. The work surface is adapted for having a tool removably attached thereto. The work surface includes a vise and the apparatus includes hold down devices for securing a work piece on the work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Nomis, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Adkins
  • Patent number: 6844483
    Abstract: The invention features methods for assaying compounds that affect hypertension by using an animal model with a functionally variant hypertension susceptibility gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: NoMI LLC
    Inventors: Nelson Ruiz-Opazo, Victoria L. M. Herrera
  • Publication number: 20050002747
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for guiding the bit of a rotary hand tool along a corner of a work surface formed by two or more abutting surfaces, through use of a corner cutting apparatus which includes a corner cutting guide having a housing, defining an axis of the housing, and adapted for attachment of the rotary tool with the axis of the rotary tool extending through the housing along the axis of the housing. The housing also includes first and second guide walls, for engaging abutting walls at a corner of the work surface. The first and second guide walls are disposed substantially perpendicular to one another, and have respective outer surfaces which, if projected, would intersect to form a line lying in a common plane with the axis of the housing and oriented at an acute angle to the axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Nomis LLC
    Inventors: Edward Adkins, Patrick Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20040208719
    Abstract: A removable surface positioning guide for a rotary hand-held tool provides one or more adjustable features for selective positioning of a surface engaging bit driven by the rotary hand-held tool. The surface positioning guide may include a pivot joint between a guide base and a mounting adapter. The guide base pivots relative to the mounting adapter about the pivot joint between operable positions. The surface positioning guide may include at least one spring supported by the mounting adapter either directly or indirectly that biases a guide base axially away from the mounting adapter. The guide base is movable toward the mounting adapter against the biasing of the at least one spring to effect a plunging movement. The surface positioning guide may include a reversible or interchangeable base flange with differently configured faces that are adapted to be placed against a working surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Nomis, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Adkins, John Kochanski
  • Publication number: 20040182476
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a quick attach and detach mechanism for a tool attachment such as a router attachment for a router. The attachment system includes a mounting adapter which may be integrally formed with the router housing or attached to the router housing as a bolt-on plate. The system works by vertically installing the tool attachment with the mounting adapter and then twisting to secure the tool attachment to the mounting adapter. A rotational lock is provided to prevent the tool attachment from inadvertently backing off or coming loose. This lock can be manually actuated to allow for quick detachment when desired. The tool attachment system is shown in association with a router which has several disclosed benefits, however there may also be applications of the system in other types of tool attachments for which coverage is also sought.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Nomis, LLC
    Inventors: Joe Karkosch, John R. Kochanski, Edward Adkins, Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Patent number: D561791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Nomis, LLC
    Inventors: Damian A. Kozina, Edward D. Adkins