Patents by Inventor Cecil H. Eggleton

Cecil H. Eggleton 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).

  • Load limiting apparatus for hoists
    Patent number: 4466598
    Abstract: The improved load limiting apparatus includes a chainwheel that is mounted on the hoist drive shaft and adapted to receive the drive chain. The chainwheel includes a hub connected to the drive shaft, an annular clamping member located in juxtaposition to the hub and adjustably attached thereto, and an annular chainwheel rim located in encircling relationship to the hub and clamping member and having a bifurcated flange in frictional engagement with the hub and clamping member, whereby the rim can move relative to the hub and clamping member after a pre-determined torque load is imposed on the rim by the drive chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Cecil H. Eggleton, William F. Henry