Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Jones

Thomas F. Jones 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).

  • Sighting apparatus
    Patent number: 4535544
    Abstract: An improved pendulous bow sight apparatus for archers, in which a self-adjusting sighting point is aligned with a vertical cross hair to provide a single sighting point that is accurate as to lateral aim and distance. The sighting point is provided by an LED facing the archer, suspended across a pendulously mounted sight assembly and powered by a battery mounted on the sight assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Inventors: Thomas F. Jones, Jesse L. Morehead
  • Tobacco leaf stripper
    Patent number: 4373323
    Abstract: A tobacco stripper has a pair of counter-rotating gear belts which are used to separate tobacco leaves from tobacco stalks when the stalk is advanced into a nip formed by the counter-rotating belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Assignee: Tobacco Machinery Co. of Ky. Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Jones