Patents by Inventor Bruce D. Norlie

Bruce D. Norlie 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: 5119855
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and drilling stock wherein the cutting and drilling operations are performed simultaneously at a single station. A table having a planar surface is used for supporting the stock. A saw is disposed above the surface of the table, and a pair of drills, each having two drill bits, are disposed below the surface of the table. The saw is pivotally coupled to the table so that the saw may be moved toward the planar surface for cutting the stock. As the saw descends toward the table, a clamping mechanism is activated for fixing the stock in place on the table as it is being cut. As the stock is being cut, the drill bits extend through corresponding apertures in the planar surface for drilling the underside of the stock. After the stock is drilled, the drill bits retract and the clamping mechanism releases its grip on the stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Norfield Industries
    Inventors: Charles A. Knighten, Bruce D. Norlie
  • Patent number: 4485857
    Abstract: A door machine for preparing a door for hanging by automatically sizing, drilling the lock and latch holes, and forming the face plate mortise in an edge of the door. The apparatus includes a support frame to which are mounted motor-driven elements, controlled to operate in a predetermined sequence, that size (i.e., cut to a specific transverse dimension) the door and form the lock bore, latch hole, and the face plate mortise in or proximate a free edge of the door. A power-feed mechanism is included for transporting the door from an input station to a drill station. Hydraulic power is used to drive certain elements of the apparatus, including the drills used to form the lock bore and the latch hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Norfield Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Norlie, Charles A. Knighten
  • Patent number: 4268175
    Abstract: Tractor mounted mixing apparatus is disclosed including a mounting frame attachable to a three-point tractor hitch, a mixing drum rotatably mounted to the frame and having mechanism for rotatably driving the drum, and a scoop pivotally connected to the support frame and power operated to move a scoop bucket from a lowered position for scooping material off the ground and a raised position adjacent an opening in the mixing drum for loading the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Inventors: Robert N. Norlie, Bruce D. Norlie