Patents by Inventor Fredrick E. Sutton

Fredrick E. Sutton 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: 5187963
    Abstract: A bending die for forming a 180.degree. bend in a tube includes a center die and a shiftable block pivotally mounted to the center die grooves are defined on opposing sides of the center die and shiftable block for supporting the tube while being bent. The grooves have a C-shaped cross section for receiving and holding the tube during the bending process, but which grooves create an interference condition trapping the bent tube in a plane defined by the grooves. The shiftable block is pivotally connected to the center die and movable between a bend-forming position where the shiftable block forms an upper part of the groove along the one opposing side and part of the end, and a tube-release position where the shiftable block is removed from the one opposing side. The bending die also includes a clamp die that both clamps the tube to the center die and also holds the shiftable block to the center die while the tube is being bent, but which is movable to release the shiftable block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Moiron
    Inventors: Fredrick E. Sutton, Jr., Robert N. Winegar
  • Patent number: 4889396
    Abstract: A drawer interlock combination for a stack or tier of drawers and simplified to include a frame forming a receptacle guide for a plurality of rotors, one rotor for each drawer in the stack and the same frame guiding a plurality of actuators, one for each drawer through a path limited in both extremes of travel and displaceable by the action of only one of the rotors so that only a single drawer may be opened at a time and plural drawers cannot be opened concurrently. The device may be completely locked by simple blocking of the travel of the actuators to less displacement than by an single of the rotors. The structure is simple, economical and easy to install. The parts repeat themselves and provide excellent drawer stabilization with overall locking of all drawers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: G. A. Richards Company
    Inventors: Terry L. Mitchell, Fredrick E. Sutton, Todd A. Sutton