Patents by Inventor Phillips P. Smith

Phillips P. Smith 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).

  • Continuous pile discharging machine
    Patent number: 3956062
    Abstract: A device for discharging cartridges from tubes under fluid pressure includes a cylindrical housing adapted to be seated in a leak-tight manner on the end of one of the tubes, a chute depending from the cylindrical housing near the end seated on the end of the tube, a rotatable piston having a wrench on the forward end thereof disposed in the cylindrical housing and adapted to manipulate a plug in the end of the tube, and a telescopic hydraulic ram adapted to move the piston toward the plug. In addition the wrench contains a magnet which prevents inadvertent uncoupling of the wrench and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventor: Phillips P. Smith