Patents by Inventor Richard R. Silvis

Richard R. Silvis 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).

  • Apparatus and method of positioning sliders
    Patent number: 4056184
    Abstract: Sliders are moved single file along a conveyor track to a terminal portion of the conveyor track were the sliders are transferred to a raising member which raises the sliders to a position for assembly on a slider chain. The raising member is an elongated post having facilities for receiving a slider in the top of the post and which is longitudinally moved along a vertical guide path between lowered and raised positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Silvis, John A. Ettinger
  • Apparatus for positioning sliders
    Patent number: 3964615
    Abstract: Sliders are moved single file along a conveyor track to a terminal portion of the conveyor track where the sliders are transferred to a raising member which raises the sliders to a position for assembly on a slider chain. The raising member is an elongated post having facilities for receiving a slider in the top of the post and which is longitudinally moved along a vertical guide path between lowered and raised positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Silvis, John A. Ettinger