Patents by Inventor Floyd O. Smith

Floyd O. Smith 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: 4090357
    Abstract: A connecting link formed of a pair of identical generally C-shaped elongated elements each having an interior pin at a first end and an interior pin-receiving aperture at a second end with the interior of the first end being contoured to mate with the exterior of the second end of another link whereby the elements are first moved transversely of each other to position the second end of each of the elements within the first and second ends of the other of the elements and are thereafter moved longitudinally of each other to engage the pins and apertures to assemble the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: ESCO Corporation
    Inventor: Floyd O. Smith
  • Patent number: 4058023
    Abstract: A rotating assembly for material handling equipment such as a cast sprocket ring member and a cast hub member each equipped with bolt openings extending parallel to the axis of rotation, the bolt openings being equipped with spherical zonal surfaces and the bolts being equipped with spherical nuts to permit non-axial disposition of the bolts while the same are essentially under only tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Assignee: ESCO Corporation
    Inventor: Floyd O. Smith