Patents by Inventor Andre Poncin

Andre Poncin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4455771
    Abstract: A curvilinear resilient pin for securing a tooth to the bucket of an excavating device includes a plurality of waves or undulations formed along its surface. The pin is inserted into a channel formed through a tooth support upon which the tooth is mounted as well as through apertures formed in the tooth. The waves or undulations contact and exert pressure upon the tooth and the tooth support so as to laterally restrain the pin within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Inventor: Andre Poncin
  • Patent number: 4182058
    Abstract: A device is provided for attaching a hollow tooth to the nose of a fixed support, for example a support forming part of the bucket of a mechanical shovel. The nose has a curved bore and a resilient steel cotter passes through the bore and through orifices in the walls of the tooth. One end of the cotter cooperates with an inclined plane of one orifice and the other end having a shoulder cooperates with a projecting portion of a wall of the other orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: Andre Poncin
    Inventor: Andre Poncin