Patents by Inventor Ray J. Williams

Ray J. Williams 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).

  • Knife assembly for producing wood chunks
    Patent number: 4445556
    Abstract: A cutter assembly for automatically splitting wood discs to produce wood chunks of an appropriate size for outdoor cooking is disclosed. The wood discs are sheared into wedge portions by a knife assembly which is reciprocated by a crank assembly which converts the rotary motion of a power shaft to reciprocating motion of a yoke coupled to the knife assembly. Wedge segments of the wooden discs are forcefully discharge into a rotary hopper by the action of a wedge cutting portion of the knife assembly which includes a deflection face which is forwardly inclined with respect to the plane of motion of the cutting edge of the knife.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Inventor: Ray J. Williams
  • Woodmaster
    Patent number: 4378036
    Abstract: A cutter assembly for automatically splitting wood discs to produce wood chunks of an appropriate size for outdoor cooking is disclosed. The wood discs are sheared into wedge portions by a knife assembly which is reciprocated by a crank assembly which converts the rotary motion of a power shaft to reciprocating motion of a yoke coupled to the knife assembly. Wedge segments of the wooden discs are forcefully discharged into a rotary hopper by the action of a wedge cutting portion of the knife assembly which includes a deflection face which is forwardly inclined with respect to the plane of motion of the cutting edge of the knife.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1983
    Inventor: Ray J. Williams