Patents by Inventor Clint E. Gehres

Clint E. Gehres 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).

  • Easy loading sewing station
    Patent number: 5598801
    Abstract: A sewing station is disclosed including a workpiece clamp shuttle for loading and shuttling a bulky workpiece to be sewn to a sewing location of a sewing machine. The workpiece clamp shuttle includes a support surface for supporting a bulky workpiece and a clamp for clamping the bulky workpiece to the support surface at a loading station wherein the bulky workpiece may be easily loaded onto the support surface. The sewing machine includes apparatus for driving the clamp and the support surface from the loading station to the sewing location where the bulky workpiece can be sewn. In addition, a method for sewing a bulky workpiece in a sewing station is disclosed including the steps of preclamping the bulky workpiece at a loading location, and transferring the preclamped bulky workpiece from the loading location to a sewing location where the workpiece may be clamped and sewn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: MIM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph F. Conley, Jr., Ricky J. Frye, Clint E. Gehres
  • Easy loading sewing station
    Patent number: 5441001
    Abstract: A sewing station is disclosed including a workpiece clamp shuttle for loading and shuttling a bulky workpiece to be sewn to a sewing location of a sewing machine. The workpiece clasp shuttle includes a support surface for supporting a bulky workpiece and a clamp for clamping the bulky workpiece to the support surface at a loading station wherein the bulky workpiece may be easily loaded onto the support surface. The sewing machine includes apparatus for driving the clamp and the support surface from the loading station to the sewing location where the bulky workpiece can be sewn. In addition, a method for sewing a bulky workpiece in a sewing station is disclosed including the steps of preclamping the bulky workpiece at a loading location, and transferring the preclamped bulky workpiece from the loading location to a sewing location where the workpiece may be clamped and sewn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: MIM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph F. Conley, Jr., Ricky J. Frye, Clint E. Gehres
  • Adjustable clamp for use in a sewing machine
    Patent number: 5146859
    Abstract: An adjustable clamp for use in a sewing machine. The adjustable clamp has a plurality of adjustable clamp members which are slidably and adjustably fastened to a support, thereby enabling the adjustable clamp to be adjusted to a predetermined clamp size or pattern so that the adjustable clamp can clamp workpieces of different shapes against a clamping surface of the sewing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: MIM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph F. Conley, Jr., Clint E. Gehres