Patents Assigned to Taper Line, Inc.
  • Method of locking a male member to a female member
    Patent number: 4349955
    Abstract: A novel locking apparatus is provided for use on self-aligning rod end couplers, reciprocating machines, hydraulic cylinders, transfer machines, and the like. The apparatus comprises at least one slot in an end face of an outer body and means for uniformly deforming a wall of the slot so as to obtain a uniform deformation of the wall of an annular bore, thereby locking and clamping the outer body upon an annular body engaged within the annular bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Assignee: Taper Line, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph O. Keen
  • Locking self-aligning coupler and locking apparatus
    Patent number: 4252458
    Abstract: A novel locking apparatus is provided for use on self-aligning rod end couplers, reciprocating machines, hydraulic cylinders, transfer machines, and the like. The apparatus comprises at least one slot in an end face of an outer body and means for uniformly deforming a wall of the slot so as to obtain a uniform deformation of the wall of an annular bore, thereby locking and clamping the outer body upon an annular body engaged within the annular bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Taper Line, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph O. Keen