Patents by Inventor Fred C. Werner

Fred C. Werner 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: 4583262
    Abstract: One leaf of a spring hinge has a center knuckle and the other leaf has aligned top and bottom end knuckles which are spaced apart. The center knuckle of the one leaf fits between the two end knuckles of the other leaf and is maintained in alignment with them by top and bottom hinge pins, the former extending from the top knuckle into the center knuckle and the latter from the bottom knuckle into the center knuckle. Whereas the bottom pin is attached to the center knuckle, the top pin is attached to the top knuckle, but its angular position is easily changed. Each pin has a threaded portion that is located within the center knuckle, and the end convolutions on a coil-type torsion spring are threaded over these threaded portions to secure the spring to the hinge pins. Each hinge pin also has a shank which extends from its threaded portion through the interior of the spring where the ends of the two shanks abut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Fred C. Werner