Patents by Inventor Colin Taylor

Colin Taylor 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: 4560281
    Abstract: Foundry apparatus for mixing sand with binder ingredients to produce a composite mixture suitable for foundry molds includes a first premixing chamber enclosing a first bladed shaft mounted for rotation about a substantially horizontal first axis operable for conveying and commingling sand with a first binder ingredient to produce a first sand/binder ingredient mixture. A second premixing chamber, separate from the first premixing chamber, encloses a second bladed shaft mounted for counterrotation about a second axis, substantially parallel to the first axis, for conveying and commingling sand with a second binder ingredient to produce a second sand/binder ingredient mixture. A final mixing chamber includes agitators for receiving the sand/binder ingredient mixtures and blending them into a composite mixture while simultaneously transporting the composite mixture to a final discharge station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Foundry Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Harris, Colin Taylor
  • Patent number: 4312397
    Abstract: A pattern holder 12 and a sand tank 14 are rotatably mounted on a frame 16 so that the pattern holder can be inverted over and sealably mounted atop the sand tank. A vented pattern 26 is secured to the pattern holder and forms a first chamber between one side of the pattern and the interior of the pattern holder. A second chamber 90 is formed between the other side of the pattern and the interior of the sand tank when the pattern holder adjoins the sand tank. O-ring seals 32 and 80 isolate the chambers from the atmosphere so that a partial vacuum can be formed therein. A mixture 84 of sand and a gas-curable binder is provided in the sand tank so that the mixture will fall onto the pattern upon inverting the sand tank over the pattern holder. A flexible line 42 is provided for controllably introducing a gas catalyst into the chamber 38 in order to cure a portion of the sand-binder mixture to form a shell mold 94 of a predetermined thickness on a pattern face 36 of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Dependable-Fordath, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Harris, Colin Taylor