Patents by Inventor Howard H. O'Daniel

Howard H. O'Daniel 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).

  • Apparatus for assembling bell and spigot pipe joints
    Patent number: 5520419
    Abstract: A method of and rounding devices for inserting an out-of-round pipe spigot into a pipe bell by installing the rounding devices on the open end of the pipe bell. The rounding devices have cam surfaces for engaging the end of the out-of-round spigot and have sufficient strength and stiffness to deform the out-of-round into a substantially circular cross sectional configuration upon application of insertion force between the bell and spigot. The rounding devices may be removed and reused after the bell and spigot joint is assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: American Cast Iron Pipe Company
    Inventors: Stephen L. DeBoalt, Randall C. Conner, Howard H. O'Daniel
  • Method of assembling bell and spigot pipe joints
    Patent number: 5426842
    Abstract: A method of and rounding devices for inserting an out-of-round pipe spigot into a pipe bell by installing the rounding devices on the open end of the pipe bell. The rounding devices have cam surfaces for engaging the end of the out-of-round spigot and have sufficient strength and stiffness to deform the out-of-round into a substantially circular cross sectional configuration upon application of insertion force between the bell and spigot. The rounding devices may be removed and reused after the bell and spigot joint is assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: American Cast Iron Pipe Company
    Inventors: Stephen L. DeBoalt, Randall C. Conner, Howard H. O'Daniel