Patents by Inventor Rick L. Kelly

Rick L. Kelly 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cutting tubing
    Patent number: 5406870
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting tubing in which uncut tubing is fed over punches connected to an arbor extending the length of a machine from a cutting head. The cutting head includes dies operative with the punches to cut the tubing into tubing pieces. Lengths of tubing are received by a carriage and cut into the tubing pieces. The carriage is capable of detecting the leading edge of the tubing and the trailing edge of the tubing. The lengths of tubing and tubing pieces have a unidirectional material flow to the end of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: The Vulcan Tool Company
    Inventors: Terry R. Suitts, Rick L. Kelly
  • Hook hanging device
    Patent number: D481617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: Rick L. Kelly