Patents by Inventor Robert L. Conly

Robert L. Conly 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 for making blind rivets
    Patent number: 5238377
    Abstract: Apparatus for molding a strip of blind rivets, with each of the rivets having a pin within a sleeve and with the pin having a pulling head and shank, including a strip advance rod mounted in the apparatus for movement between first and second positions, a set of pin mold cavities and a set of sleeve mold cavities, a first runner for feeding the pin mold cavities and including a band around the rod, a second runner overlying the first runner for feeding the sleeve mold cavities, opposing mold members defining the sets of cavities and a sprue for feeding molding material to the runners, with the rod and strip moving together when the mold members are out of engagement for advancing the molded parts, and with the rod moving through the strip when the mold members are in engagement for returning the rod to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: The Hartwell Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas H. Adkins, John P. Anderson, Robert L. Conly, Thomas G. Singer
  • Method for molding a strip of blind rivets
    Patent number: 5207966
    Abstract: Method for molding a strip of blind rivets, with each of the rivets having a pin within a sleeve and with the pin having a pulling head and shank, including a strip advance rod mounted in the apparatus for movement between first and second positions, a set of pin mold cavities and a set of sleeve mold cavities, a first runner for feeding the pin mold cavities and including a band around the rod, a second runner overlying the first runner for feeding the sleeve mold cavities, opposing mold members defining the sets of cavities and a sprue for feeding molding material to the runners, with the rod and strip moving together when the mold members are out of engagement for advancing the molded parts, and with the rod moving through the strip when the mold members are in engagement for returning the rod to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: The Hartwell Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas H. Adkins, John P. Anderson, Robert L. Conly, Thomas G. Singer
  • Blind rivet and method and apparatus for making same
    Patent number: 5080229
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for molding a strip of blind rivets, with each of the rivets having a pin within a sleeve and with the pin having a pulling head and shank, including a strip advance rod mounted in the apparatus for movement between first and second positions, a set of pin mold cavities and a set of sleeve mold cavities, a first runner for feeding the pin mold cavities and including a band around the rod, a second runner overlying the first runner for feeding the sleeve mold cavities, opposing mold members defining the sets of cavities and a sprue for feeding molding material to the runners, with the rod and strip moving together when the mold members are out of engagement for advancing the molded parts, and with the rod moving through the strip when the mold members are in engagement for returning the rod to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Hartwell Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas H. Adkins, John P. Anderson, Robert L. Conly, Thomas G. Singer