Patents by Inventor Jerrold C. Spooner

Jerrold C. Spooner 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).

  • Method of tool recovery in threadcutting apparatus
    Patent number: 4513380
    Abstract: A method for operating a computer controlled industrial machine, such as a lathe, in which a machining operation can be interrupted, a tool displaced from a workpiece and the operation subsequently resumed at the point of interruption. The method includes provision for interrupting canned cycles, such as threadcutting cycles on a lathe, in a manner to prevent damage to any previously cut threads. In one embodiment, the method provides for retrace of prior machining operations before resuming the interrupted operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jerrold C. Spooner