Patents by Inventor Steven E. Breck

Steven E. Breck 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: 4659126
    Abstract: A tool inserted within a circular duct is adapted to securely engage the inner surface of the duct to facilitate drawing the duct through a conduit. The tool includes a screw inserted within a hollow tube-like member open at a first end and having a threaded inner surface along the length thereof for engaging the screw. A second, closed end of the tube-like member includes an expanded end portion. Positioned on the screw adjacent the first end of the tube-like member is a nut. Located along the length on the outside of the tube-like member are a plurality of alternately arranged rigid cylindrical spacers and compressible tubular sleeves. Displacement of the nut along the screw toward the hollow tube-like member causes the nut to abut and displace an immediately adjacent cylindrical spacer. Further rotation of the nut produces an abutting linear arrangement of the alternating cylindrical spacers and tubular sleeves causing the longitudinal compression of each of the tubular sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Illinois Bell Telephone Company
    Inventors: Steven E. Breck, George E. Armbruster