Patents by Inventor George E. Benson

George E. Benson 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: 4068688
    Abstract: A stacked disc cutter assembly for producing finger joints including a plurality of discs, each of which has a plurality of cutter teeth secured to and projecting radially outwardly therefrom. The discs are of substantially similar outer diameter and when assembled and secured together in side-by-side, contiguous, concentric relationship they form a solid cylindrical core for the assembly. The cutter teeth projecting radially outwardly from the discs and so arranged on the discs that they are spaced apart both axially and circumferentially of the cutter assembly. SUBACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to a stacked disc cutter assembly for producing finger joint cuts in material, and more particularly to such a stacked disc finger joint cutter assembly wherein cutter teeth thereon are spaced apart both axially and circumferentially about the assembly.In the past, various types of cutter devices have been designed for producing finger joints in material such as wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: Industrial Carbide Tooling Incorporated
    Inventor: George E. Benson
  • Patent number: 3988837
    Abstract: A plumb light device for locating a plumb spot on a ceiling or tracing a line from floor to ceiling, the device has a leveling platform with adjustable support pegs, alignment means and leveling indicators, and has further a light source with a power supply and a focal means for directing a parallel pencil beam of light through an aperture preferably located in a carrying handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Inventor: George E. Benson