Patents by Inventor William George Wheeling

William George Wheeling 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).

  • Loader and unloader for machine tool
    Patent number: 6189424
    Abstract: Loader and unloader mechanism (10) for a machine tool having a workpart-holding spindle (14) wherein a workpart load tube (32) and unload tube (34) and associated workpart loading fluid cylinders (40, 42) are arranged relative to a tool-carrying turret (20) in a manner that workparts (W) are fed to the spindle (14) through the load tube (32) and removed from the spindle after machining to a workpart holder (33) on the tool-carrying turret (20), which then positions the workpart holder between an unloading tube (34) and a workpart unloading fluid cylinder (76) where the workpart is ejected from the workpart holder into the unload tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William George Wheeling, Anthony Wayne Melton, David Frederic Hiatt, Stephen Kinsen Leo