Patents by Inventor Manoel Damas Torres

Manoel Damas Torres 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: 5966848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in tooth of ore recovery buckets which comprises a single monobloc body 10 having an extreme posterior portion 1 with its upper face provided with an oblong undercut 2 provided with a pair of throughout round orthogonal holes 3 constituting the single body 10 definer of the tooth. Intermediately the single body 10 has a structural thickening 4 that extends itself downwards according to a prismatic shape providing a wedge 5 with a fluted anterior-inferior end 6. The entire surface of the upper inclined wall 7 and the lower horizontal wall 8 of this wedge 5 incorporates fluted transversal undercuts 9 parallel and spaced between themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto De Sampaio Monteiro, Jr., Severino Almeida Neto, Manoel Damas Torres