Patents by Inventor Ben H. Patton

Ben H. Patton 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).

  • Grinding wheel assembly for grinding and sizing an elastomeric belt
    Patent number: 5399116
    Abstract: A grinding wheel assembly for grinding and sizing workpieces such as an elastomeric power transmission belt is provided that comprises a wheel member including an abrasive, annular outer surface, a pair of annular flange members detachably connectable to opposing sides of the wheel member for providing opposing annular flanges that circumscribe and radially extend beyond opposing sides of the outer surface of the wheel member, wherein each of the flanges includes an inner abrasive surface for sizing a workpiece which is substantially coarser than the abrasive surface on the outer surface of the wheel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Randy L. Ellis, Ben H. Patton, Jerry R. Walls