Patents by Inventor Troy E. Martindale, Jr.

Troy E. Martindale, Jr. 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).

  • Portable pallet apparatus
    Patent number: 4392403
    Abstract: A portable apparatus that can be wheeled to a pallet supported by a conveyor for selective removal of nails that interconnect the stringers with the deckboards. The portable apparatus has a platform that is moveable in a vertical direction to position the cutting means at the juncture of the stringer with the deckboards. Such apparatus has a pair of pivotal cutting means that are moveable toward each other into intermeshing contact to shear nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: Troy E. Martindale, Jr.