Patents by Inventor Horace C. Skelton

Horace C. Skelton 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).

  • Center punch
    Patent number: 4069586
    Abstract: A center punch particularly adapted for locating and marking the center position of a circular opening, as for making a center mark in a stud that has been broken off below the surface, to facilitate drilling and removing the stud. Movable jaws are each provided with an end portion of reduced thickness that extends into the opening adjacent the stud and a shoulder that abuts the exposed surface to retain the punch in a center position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Inventor: Horace C. Skelton