Patents by Inventor Richard C. Blakesley

Richard C. Blakesley 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).

  • Universal cutting blade blank and method for forming a cutting blade therefrom
    Patent number: 5477755
    Abstract: A universal cutting blade blank and cutting blades formed therefrom. The front face of the blank and blade comprises a pair of mounting surfaces with a front rake surface and connecting surface located therebetween. The cutting blade formed from the blade blank is more stable in a cutter head during cutting operations such as in the production of gears and related toothed articles. A single cutting blade blank can be used for forming inside and outside cutting blades regardless of the direction of cutter rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventors: Richard C. Blakesley, Richard L. Kitchen
  • Rotary ring cutter having coolant distribution and discharge means
    Patent number: 5290135
    Abstract: A face mill type cutter, preferably a rotary ring cutter, having coolant passages located within the cutter to supply coolant to discharge outlets located between and/or in the stock removing surfaces located on the cutter. Coolant is supplied to the face mill cutter either by a coolant shroud arranged about at least a portion of the periphery of the cutter, or, by at least one coolant delivery passage arranged in the spindle of a machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventors: Robert J. Ball, Richard C. Blakesley
  • Gear cutter assembly
    Patent number: 4621954
    Abstract: A face milling type gear cutting assembly including contiguous cutting tools positioned in a common slot with means for preserving clearance for chip removal between these tools. The cutting assembly also includes a tool clamping arrangement featuring a novel clamping block which is releasably attached to a screw element in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventors: Richard L. Kitchen, Richard C. Blakesley
  • Gear cutter assembly
    Patent number: 4575286
    Abstract: A face milling type gear cutting assembly including contiguous cutting tools positioned in a common slot with means for preserving clearance for chip removal between these tools. The cutting assembly also includes a tool clamping arrangement featuring a novel clamping block which is releasably attached to a screw element in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventor: Richard C. Blakesley
  • Cutting tool and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4575285
    Abstract: An improved cutting tool intended primarily for gear cutting operations and a method of manufacturing this new tool. The tool is of a type formed from a length of bar stock and may be resharpened while preserving metallurgical or other treatments on front cutting faces of the tool. The improved tool also includes a base mounting portion and a cutting end. A first cutting face is formed in part of the length of the tool and a second cutting face is formed throughout substantially the full length of the tool in a way that preserves important mounting surfaces in the base portion of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventor: Richard C. Blakesley