Patents by Inventor Malcolm J. Roebuck

Malcolm J. Roebuck 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).

  • Pad printing machine
    Patent number: 6813998
    Abstract: A printing plate is supported on a table slideably mounted on a frame for forward and back horizontal movement. A table lever has a handle moving in a vertical plane to slide the table for inking an image on the plate with an inverted ink cup or for moving the inked image under a printing pad. A printing pad shaft is supported by a mast for vertical sliding movement of the printing pad down onto the inked image or onto a work piece supported by a work holder bracket adjustably attached to the table. A printing pad lever has a handle moving in a second vertical plane to move the printing pad shaft. A printing cycle includes a minimum number of sequential movements of the two handles in parallel vertical planes located side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventor: Malcolm J. Roebuck
  • Pad printing machine
    Publication number: 20040123749
    Abstract: A printing plate is supported on a table slideably mounted on a frame for forward and back horizontal movement. A table lever has a handle moving in a vertical plane to slide the table for inking an image on the plate with an inverted ink cup or for moving the inked image under a printing pad. A printing pad shaft is supported by a mast for vertical sliding movement of the printing pad down onto the inked image or onto a work piece supported by a work holder bracket adjustably attached to the table. A printing pad lever has a handle moving in a second vertical plane to move the printing pad shaft. A printing cycle includes a minimum number of sequential movements of the two handles in parallel vertical planes located side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Malcolm J. Roebuck
  • Button assembler
    Patent number: 4532684
    Abstract: A device to assemble buttons of the type having a safety pin associated with a fastening member including an outer shell having a covering. The present invention is directed to the mechanism snap-out of the finished button and a cam and bar for automatically adjusting the length of travel of the upper die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Bagde-A-Minit Ltd.
    Inventor: Malcolm J. Roebuck
  • Die-set combination for making pin-back badges
    Patent number: 4299019
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a combination of mutually interfitting die and press-block elements adapted for manual use and operation with each other to produce a finished and permanent assembly of the separate components of a pin-back button or badge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Badge-A-Mint Ltd.
    Inventor: Malcolm J. Roebuck
  • Machine for assembling buttons
    Patent number: D254495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Assignee: Badge-A-Minit Ltd.
    Inventor: Malcolm J. Roebuck