Patents by Inventor William M. Stone

William M. Stone 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).

  • Electron beam welding apparatus
    Patent number: 4677273
    Abstract: An electron-beam welding apparatus includes a vacuum chamber and a gantry entirely within the chamber for adjustably supporting an electron-beam welding gun with x, y and z coordinates of adjustability with respect to mutually perpendicular x-, y- and z-axes within the chamber. The gantry includes apparatus telescoping along the z-axis for adjustably supporting the electron-beam welding gun with respect to the z-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Leybold-Heraeus GmbH
    Inventors: Russell K. Colegrove, William M. Stone
  • Item display order picking system
    Patent number: 4346453
    Abstract: A semi-automatic picking system having pick modules associated with individual compartments of storage bays includes a switch, for manually decrementing or incrementing the module to indicate the number picked. One or more orders may be picked at the same time. Such information is stored for use with a data input device and a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Scope Incorporated
    Inventors: Raoul E. Drapeau, William M. Stone