Patents by Inventor Truman Collins

Truman Collins 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: 6601839
    Abstract: Vise jaw plates and matching work piece holders cooperate to reliably secure an odd-shaped object in a preferred orientation between the plates. At least one of a plurality of work piece holders are disposed throughout the jaw in a uniform orthogonal pattern with the plate holes precisely aligned in rows and columns and spaced apart a same distance such that a selected work piece holder with one or more mount posts matching the jaw holes is mountable equally well throughout the plate. The assembly of accessories includes a plurality of dowels, a pivot bar, a sine bar, a V-block, an arc block, a curvilinear side block, and a parallel keeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Inventor: Truman Collins
  • Publication number: 20020050673
    Abstract: Vise jaw plates and matching work piece holders cooperate to reliably secure an odd-shaped object in a preferred orientation between the plates. At least one of a plurality of work piece holders are disposed throughout the jaw in an orthogonal pattern with the plate holes precisely aligned in rows and columns and spaced apart a same distance such that a selected work piece holder with one or more mount posts matching the jaw holes is mountable equally well throughout the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventor: Truman Collins
  • Patent number: 6361035
    Abstract: A plurality of blocks are chained together in alignment over at least one rod, each with a recess for receiving a work piece between adjacent blocks. A second chain of holders may be employed to receive a different portion of the work pieces so the work pieces extend between the chains of blocks, forming a set of chains that may be presented as a unit before a cutting tool to make a cutting process efficient and uniform among work pieces. Further chains or sets of chains may be employed to hold a larger number of work pieces together. Chains of blocks are advanteously mounted on vise plates in plate holes spaced apart from centers of vertical and horizontal neighboring plate holes a same distance, d. Thus, two rods of a set of work piece holders may be positioned at preferred positions on the plate with recesses aligned vertically or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Truman Collins