Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Fling

Thomas A. Fling 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).

  • Tube bender
    Patent number: 4428216
    Abstract: A new and useful device for producing bends in metal tubing by containing the tubing in a form and rotating the form against a fixed shoe thereby bending and swagging the tubing to the shape of the form. The form being rotated by a ratchet and pawl mechanism which translates the linear motion of levers and linkage produced by the gripping force of the hand into circular motion of the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Inventor: Thomas A. Fling