Patents by Inventor Roderick Clarence Minch

Roderick Clarence Minch 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 openings in sidewall of spiral pipe
    Patent number: 9782812
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming spiral pipe includes a spiral pipe forming station having a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip and a bending device that receives the strip fed from the feeding device. The bending device has a fixed rolling element that forms a spiral pipe having a longitudinal axis and a sidewall. The apparatus also includes a cutting station having a cutting device movably extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the spiral pipe. A controller is operatively connected to the spiral pipe forming station and the cutting station to continuously operate the pipe forming station while the cutting station is operated to cut through the sidewall of the spiral pipe to define the one or more register holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Roderick Clarence Minch
  • Method and Apparatus for Cutting Openings in Sidewall of Spiral Pipe
    Publication number: 20150273552
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming spiral pipe includes a spiral pipe forming station having a feeding device for feeding a continuous strip and a bending device that receives the strip fed from the feeding device. The bending device has a fixed rolling element that forms a spiral pipe having a longitudinal axis and a sidewall. The apparatus also includes a cutting station having a cutting device movably extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the spiral pipe. A controller is operatively connected to the spiral pipe forming station and the cutting station to continuously operate the pipe forming station while the cutting station is operated to cut through the sidewall of the spiral pipe to define the one or more register holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Roderick Clarence Minch