Patents by Inventor Harry William Norton

Harry William Norton 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: 5653562
    Abstract: Apparatus for facilitating drilling or similar machining operations upon a workpiece, the apparatus including a vertically directed vee shaped recess (15) for interchangeably receiving and centring tool guide arrangements (18) for the tools required to be used for machining the workpiece; and means (19) for cramping a selected tool guide arrangement (18) against the mutually inclined faces of the vee shaped recess (15); and with a vee shaped recess (14) whose apex (17) is directed transversely of the apex (16) of the vee shaped recess (15) and intersects the apex (16) of the vee shaped recess; a workpiece support means (26) mounted for displacement towards and away from the vee shaped recess (14) in such manner that a workpiece (27) placed upon the workpiece support means (26) can be brought into firm contact with the faces of the vee shaped recess (14), and means for positionally locating a workpiece upon the workpiece support means (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventors: Harry William Norton, Stephen Arthur Withington