Patents by Inventor Herbert Tomes, Jr.

Herbert Tomes, Jr. 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).

  • Wire identification sleeve container
    Patent number: 4720009
    Abstract: Portable booklike container comprising two covers joined to a spine, a rigid support bar on the inside of the cover near its bottom edge, a plurality of parallel spaced elongated thin spindles affixed to the support bar and extending upward terminating with free ends short of and adjacent to the top edge of the covers, and quick release fastening means to maintain the covers in a position closed upon each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Inventor: Herbert Tomes, Jr.
  • Wire identifying sleeve applicator
    Patent number: 4682411
    Abstract: A hand tool for applying identification sleeves to electric wire including a sleeve mandrel, onto which identification sleeves are threaded, and a mandrel stripper including a retainer to hold one end of the mandrel and a stripper guide to slide along the mandrel and push the sleeves over the end of an electric wire, the mandrel stripper including a telescoping tubular body with a thumb operable lever to extend the body to its full length or withdraw one telescopic section into the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Inventor: Herbert Tomes, Jr.