Patents by Inventor William J. Dowdakin

William J. Dowdakin 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: 7240435
    Abstract: An adjustable carpentry trim gage includes a scribing block adjustably attached to a guide block. The guide block includes a guide surface, adapted to be placed against a jamb. The scribing block includes a scribing surface along which a scribing instrument, such as a pencil or an awl, can be drawn to mark guidelines on the jamb, to facilitate installation of a casing on the jamb. The position of the guide block with respect to the scribing block is adjustable to allow the position of the scribing surface on the scribing block, with respect to the guide surface on the guide block, to be set in such a manner that the scribing surface will be placed to indicate a desired reveal on the jamb, when the guide surface is bearing against the jamb. The scribing surface extends beyond the maximum reveal setting of the gage, in a direction parallel to the face of the jamb against which the guide surface is bearing, to facilitate making intersecting guidelines indicating corners of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Inventor: William J. Dowdakin
  • Patent number: 4547101
    Abstract: A tool holding member is coupled to a driving or spindle member by a lug-and-slot universal type coupling member. The three members are held against axial separation by a pair of resiliently yieldable retaining rings which coact with the coupling member to allow the tool holding member to float radially relative to the spindle member. Means are provided for locking tools of various diameters in the tool holding member while providing a positive drive between the holding member and the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Inventor: William J. Dowdakin, Sr.