Patents by Inventor Donald L. Armstrong

Donald L. Armstrong 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: 5697280
    Abstract: To provide a general-purpose saw blade which will saw different materials cost effectively, the saw blade includes a plurality of sets of teeth, each set including saw tooth having a large relief angle and a small tooth angle which provide fast cutting speeds, and with saw tooth having a small relief angle and a large tooth angle which provide the resistance to chipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co
    Inventors: Donald L. Armstrong, Akiyoshi Yoneda, Kunihiko Okada
  • Patent number: 5501129
    Abstract: A new blade, and a method of cutting therewith, having repeating sets of teeth, each set having sub-sets which differ from each other in at least one cutting characteristic including straight teeth, primary cutting teeth which are left-sided and right-sided and secondary cutting teeth which are left-sided and right-sided, said secondary cutting teeth having a large relief angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignees: Armstrong-Blum Manufacturing Company, Amada Company Limited
    Inventors: Donald L. Armstrong, Akiyoshi Yoneda, Kunihiko Okada
  • Patent number: 4874079
    Abstract: Apparatus for separating a continuous stream of filled beverage bottles moving in a single row in one linear direction into a plurality of spaced apart rows of filled beverage bottles moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to such one linear direction using at least first, second and third continuously moving conveyors moving in spaced apart parallel linear directions and a continuously moving collection conveyor moving in a linear direction substantially perpendicular thereto wherein the middle filled beverage bottle of three successive filled beverage bottles is moved at spaced apart intervals over the second or third continuously moving conveyors and onto the continuously moving collection conveyor to form spaced streams of filled beverage bottles thereon and wherein the filled beverage bottles remaining on the third continuously moving conveyor are transferred to the continuously moving collection conveyor to form another stream of filled beverage bottles thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Adolph Coors Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Frenkel, Christopher S. Derks, Donald L. Armstrong