Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Sostman

Jerry A. Sostman 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).

  • Patent number: 5163311
    Abstract: A progressive rollformer machine is readily adjustable, without removal of rolls or use of spacers, to produce sheet metal workpiece margin flanges of variable depth. The machine includes a gear train housing having perpendicularly extending spindle shafts and idler gear shafts, and two forming roll housing sections, with their rolls mounted outboard. One of these, conventionally fixed relative to the gear train housing, provides one reference line of forming. The other forming roll housing section provides a second reference line of forming--it may be positioned at a variable distance from the gear train housing, at a spacing adjustable by a screw drive. Tracking throughout all roll stations is made possible by using the adjustable-position forming roll housing first in line of flow, with supplemental tracking rolls mounted onto the ends of the spindle shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Engel Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lamont R. McClain, Jerry A. Sostman