Patents by Inventor Lawrence W. Wright

Lawrence W. Wright 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).

  • Panel manufacturing machine and method
    Patent number: 3933570
    Abstract: A panel manufacturing machine adapted to produce panels of building blocks; the machine involving the formation of a horizontal course of blocks in end-to-end relation to each other with mortared head joints between ends of the blocks and with bed mortar on top of the blocks, which course is transferred as a unit to be assembled with other courses of blocks to produce a panel. Further, the machine can progressively sense a modular measurement longitudinally of said course to control the overall length of each course when assembled and mortared together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: The Thomas 1970 Trust
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Wright, Leon H. Tolleson, Daniel P. Abrahamson, Paul M. Thomas, Eugene E. Crile