Patents by Inventor Elvin E. Adams

Elvin E. Adams 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: 4112726
    Abstract: A single continuous length of spring wire is formed into a continuous length spiral or helix which is subsequently folded into a wave configuration for establishing in row form, a plurality of individual spring coils disposed generally parallel one to another. Each coil in the row is connected at its opposite ends to adjacent coils by head or connector end sections. The head or connector end sections are then formed, preferably into a planar Z-shaped configuration such that the formed connector sections at the same ends of the coils are disposed in a common plane normal to the axes of the coils which they interconnect. During forming of the end sections or heads of the coils, each connector section is deformed from a looped three-dimensional attitude into the planar Z-shaped attitude by interengagement with novel forming pins and forming dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
    Inventors: Elvin E. Adams, Tom J. Wells, Horst F. Wentzek, Henry Zapletal, Marty J. Zugel