Patents by Inventor Tony P. POTTS

Tony P. POTTS 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).

  • Publication number: 20160167108
    Abstract: A combination collar feeder and swaging tool for installing lockbolt fasteners. The collar feeder is mounted on the tool to present collars one-by-one from a cartridge. After placing a collar on a lockbolt shank, the feeder moves out of alignment with the nose assembly to allow it to advance onto the collar for swaging purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Bruce T. GODFREY, Brian H. LEIGH, Tony P. POTTS
  • Publication number: 20150184689
    Abstract: An air-driven feeder tool is provided for presenting swagable collars one at a time for placement on the shanks of lockbolts and thereby made ready for the application of a swaging tool. The swaging tool breaks off a pintail from the lockbolt and a vacuum system draws the broken-off pintails through a vacuum device and into a receptacle for safe disposal. The feeder mechanism comprises a magazine holding a supply of side-by-side collars, a presentation piece holding a short working collars and a worker-actuable trigger mechanism between the two queues for transferring collars, one at a time, from the magazine to the presentation queue. Two embodiments of the feeder tool are disclosed, each with a unique trigger position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Bruce T. GODFREY, Brian H. LEIGH, Tony P. POTTS
  • Publication number: 20140201972
    Abstract: An air-driven feeder tool is provided for presenting swagable collars one at a time for placement on the shanks of lockbolts and thereby made ready for the application of a swaging tool. The swaging tool breaks off a pintail from the lockbolt and a vacuum system draws the broken-off pintails through a vacuum device and into a receptacle for safe disposal. The feeder mechanism comprises a magazine holding a supply f side-by-side collars, a presentation piece holding a short working collars and a worker-actuable trigger mechanism between the two queues for transferring collars, one at a time, from the magazine to the presentation queue. Two embodiments of the feeder tool are disclosed, each with a unique trigger position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GAGE BILT, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph BUTVIN, Bruce T. GODFREY, Brian H. LEIGH, Tony P. POTTS