Patents by Inventor Edwin A. Patterson

Edwin A. Patterson 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).

  • Powered attaching assembly
    Patent number: 4315587
    Abstract: An assembly for inserting attachment members through thick, bulky goods, the attachments being of the type including two end pieces connected by a thin, flexible filament. The assembly includes a fluid powered fastener inserting device, a receiver cylinder, an air cylinder, and mounting structure. A fastener dispensing needle held in a projectible member is lowered from the fastener inserting device while the receiver cylinder is raised by the air cylinder, compressing the workpiece therebetween. One end of an attachment member is inserted by the needle through the workpiece, and emerges in a cavity of the receiver cylinder, the cavity being configured to minimize stress on the attachment member during this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Don D. Ritter, Edwin A. Patterson, Henry M. Pigg
  • Insertion means for flexible filaments
    Patent number: 4215807
    Abstract: An assembly for inserting attachment members through thick, bulky goods, the attachments being of the type including two end pieces connected by a thin, flexible filament. The assembly includes a fluid powered fastener inserting device, a receiver cylinder, an air cylinder, and mounting structure. A fastener dispensing needle held in a projectible member is lowered from the fastener inserting device while the receiver cylinder is raised by the air cylinder, compressing the workpiece therebetween. One end of an attachment member is inserted by the needle through the workpiece, and emerges in a cavity of the receiver cylinder, the cavity being configured to minimize stress on the attachment member during this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Don D. Ritter, Edwin A. Patterson, Henry M. Pigg