Patents by Inventor Quinn Bender

Quinn Bender 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).

  • Publication number: 20170072548
    Abstract: An adapter assembly is used with a pipe alignment tool for aligning a pipe flange having circumferentially spaced bolt apertures therein with a mating annular surface locating circumferentially spaced threaded fasteners therein. The pipe alignment tool has a clamp member secured about the pipe flange and one or more supporting members mounted on the clamp member so as to protrude axially beyond the pipe flange towards the mating annular surface. The adapter assembly includes i) a mounting body arranged to be mounted to extend in a circumferential direction about at least some of the threaded fasteners of the mating annular surface and ii) a cylindrical supporting surface located externally on the mounting body and adapted to be engaged by the supporting members of the pipe alignment tool to allow for axial and rotational adjustments between the pipe flange and the mating annular surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Quinn Bender
  • Patent number: 9592588
    Abstract: A pipe alignment tool for aligning abutted ends of first and second pipe sections to be joined includes a clamp member adapted to be clamped circumferentially about the first pipe section and one or more pipe engaging members mounted on the clamp member adapted to extend across a seam between the abutted ends of the first and second pipe sections to overlap the second pipe section. A bearing member is rotatably supported on each pipe engaging member for rolling contact with the second pipe section to assist in positioning the second pipe section relative to the first pipe section. The clamp member may be formed of modular sections connected circumferentially in series in which each modular section defines a mounting location upon which a pipe engaging member can be removably attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: 1729655 ALBERTA LTD.
    Inventor: Quinn Bender
  • Publication number: 20150000091
    Abstract: A pipe alignment tool for aligning abutted ends of first and second pipe sections to be joined includes a clamp member adapted to be clamped circumferentially about the first pipe section and one or more pipe engaging members mounted on the clamp member adapted to extend across a seam between the abutted ends of the first and second pipe sections to overlap the second pipe section. A bearing member is rotatably supported on each pipe engaging member for rolling contact with the second pipe section to assist in positioning the second pipe section relative to the first pipe section. The clamp member may be formed of modular sections connected circumferentially in series in which each modular section defines a mounting location upon which a pipe engaging member can be removably attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Quinn Bender
  • Patent number: 8850679
    Abstract: A pipe alignment tool for aligning abutted ends of first and second pipe sections to be joined includes a clamp member adapted to be clamped circumferentially about the first pipe section and one or more pipe engaging members mounted on the clamp member adapted to extend across a seam between the abutted ends of the first and second pipe sections to overlap the second pipe section. A bearing member is rotatably supported on each pipe engaging member for rolling contact with the second pipe section to assist in positioning the second pipe section relative to the first pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Quinn Bender
  • Publication number: 20130067709
    Abstract: A pipe alignment tool for aligning abutted ends of first and second pipe sections to be joined includes a clamp member adapted to be clamped circumferentially about the first pipe section and one or more pipe engaging members mounted on the clamp member adapted to extend across a seam between the abutted ends of the first and second pipe sections to overlap the second pipe section. A bearing member is rotatably supported on each pipe engaging member for rolling contact with the second pipe section to assist in positioning the second pipe section relative to the first pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Quinn Bender