Patents by Inventor Mark C. Tomlinson

Mark C. Tomlinson 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).

  • Transfer and locator of workpieces for a gang machine
    Patent number: 4629384
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a pallet with a plurality of workpieces into a gang machine and locating and clamping the workpieces while being machined. The workpieces are received and loosely retained on the pallet while being transferred and each workpiece is located and clamped in the machine independently of both the other workpieces and the pallet. Each workpiece is accurately positioned by locators carried by the machine and at least in part held while being machined by clamps carried by the pallet. The workpieces are moved into engagement with the locators by a lift which moves the pallet toward the locators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Lamb Technicon Corp.
    Inventors: James G. Beshke, Mark C. Tomlinson