Patents by Inventor John E. Ingalls

John E. Ingalls 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: 4628171
    Abstract: An electrical discharge machining device that is used for both rotational EDM, such as tapping, and the like, and for conventional or non-rotational EDM applications. The device includes a base support to which a carriage is slidably mounted, with a motor driven, rotating electrode assembly mounted thereon. A threaded lead screw is removably coupled to the upper end of the rotating electrode assembly and a mating threaded collar is removably mounted on the support so as to receive the lead screw and thereby advance the carriage as the lead screw is rotated. The lead screw and threaded collar are interchangeable with other lead screws and collars having different thread pitches, so as to regulate the advancement of electrodes having different thread pitches. An electrode is mountable both on the rotating electrode assembly and on the carriage itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Port City Machine & Tool Company
    Inventors: Lloyd E. Colby, John E. Ingalls