Patents by Inventor James F. Grimes

James F. Grimes 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).

  • Travelling clamp with removable rails
    Patent number: 5694805
    Abstract: A travelling clamp unit of the type for extending and retracting a T-head clamping cylinder into and out of a T-slot of a press has a main frame which supports clamping cylinder drive means and the clamping cylinder when it is in a parked position in which it is retracted from the T-slot of the press. The main frame has rails which support the clamping cylinder T-head in the parked position and which are removable from the main frame so that the T-head can be dropped out of the bottom end of the main frame for removing the clamping cylinder from the travelling clamp unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Applied Power Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Schnell, Douglas P. Miller, James F. Grimes, Patrick J. Yeko