Patents by Inventor Robert D. Markham

Robert D. Markham 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).

  • Patent number: 3969955
    Abstract: A simplified safety guard assembly for use with a press brake or like machine tool to prevent operator access to the die and anvil zone during stamping operations. The guard preferably utilizes a see-through shield or guard panel located between the operator and forming die and mounted for vertical sliding movement to follow various positional elevations of the workpiece attending one or more forming operations in the press. In addition, the shield or guard panel is pivotally movable about a horizontal axis to facilitate convenient extraction of the formed workpiece from the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Assignee: H C Products Co.
    Inventor: Robert D. Markham
  • Patent number: 3965826
    Abstract: A wall mounted metal shelf assembly utilizing parallel spaced upright wall mounted channel brackets having spaced slotted openings for connective reception of projecting tongue portions of cantilever off-wall brackets and metal shelf members overcovering and undersupported by the cantilever brackets; the openings in the wall brackets being formed to include detent portions engageable with the tongue portions of the cantilever brackets to effectively lock the same against lateral shifting in their mounted condition and the shelf members having portions which cooperatively interlock with the cantilever brackets and resiliently engage the wall brackets to positively stabilize the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: H C Products Co.
    Inventor: Robert D. Markham