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US3087392A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Printer slotter adjusting mechanism

Assignee: SAMUEL M LAUGSTON Co
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Filing: 1961-07-07
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Granted: 1963-04-30
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Expires: 1981-07-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Henry D Ward
  • 👤 William C Staley

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 07:31
CPC Classifications
B; B26; B26D; B26D7/00; B26D7/26; B26D7/2628; B26D7/2642; B26D1/00; B26D1/01; B26D1/12; B26D1/14; B26D1/24; B26D1/245; B26D7/2635; B31; B31B; B31B50/00; B31B50/14; B31B50/20; B31B50/22; B31B50/25; B31B50/254

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 262 words
AN ASSEMBLY OF YOKES ARRANGED FOR LATERAL TRANSLATION WITH RESPECT TO AN INTERMEDIATE FIXED LOCUS, COMPRISING, A RIGHT PAIR OF YOKES, A LEFT PAIR OF YOKES, MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF FEED SCREW MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID YOKES, EACH SAID FEED SCREW MEMBERS HAVING A THREADED PORTION AND A KEYED PORTION, THE THREADED PORTION OF ONE FEED SCREW MEMBER BEING POSITIONED OPPOSITE HAND TO THE THREADED PORTION OF THE OTHER FEED SCREW MEMBER, EACH SAID THREADED PORTION EXTENDING TO A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF SAID FIXED LOCUS, EACH YOKE OF SAID RIGHT AND LEFT PAIRS OF YOKES THEREOF THAT IS ADJACENT TO SAID FIXED LOCUS BEING MOUNTED THREADALLY ON THE THREADED PORTION OF ITS RESPECTIVE FEED SCREW MEMBER, EACH OTHER YOKE OF SAID RIGHT AND LEFT PAIRS THEREOF HAVING A GEAR MEANS JOURNALED THEREIN AND KEYED TO THE KEYED PORTION OF THE FEED SCREW MEMBER PASSING THERETHROUGH AND A GEARED NUT MEANS THREADALLY MOUNTED ON THE THREADED PORTION OF THE FEED SCREW MEMBER PASSING THROUGH SAID YOKES, SAID GEAR AND GEARED NUT MEANS BEING INTERMESHED AND MEANS TO ROTATE AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FEED SCREW MEMBERS, WHEREBY WHEN ONE OF SAID FEED SCREW MEMBERS ROTATES, THE GEARED NUT MEANS AT THE THREADED PORTION THEREOF IS HELD STATIONARY BY SAID GEAR WHICH IS KEYED TO THE OTHER FEED SCREW MEMBER AND THE GEAR WHICH IS KEYED TO THE KEYED PORTION OF SAID FEED SCREW MEMBER THAT IS ROTATING OPERATES ITS RESPECTIVE GEARED NUT MEANS AND AS A RESULT THEREOF, SAID OTHER, OUTERMOST YOKES MOVE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIXED LOCUS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 262 words
AN ASSEMBLY OF YOKES ARRANGED FOR LATERAL TRANSLATION WITH RESPECT TO AN INTERMEDIATE FIXED LOCUS, COMPRISING, A RIGHT PAIR OF YOKES, A LEFT PAIR OF YOKES, MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF FEED SCREW MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID YOKES, EACH SAID FEED SCREW MEMBERS HAVING A THREADED PORTION AND A KEYED PORTION, THE THREADED PORTION OF ONE FEED SCREW MEMBER BEING POSITIONED OPPOSITE HAND TO THE THREADED PORTION OF THE OTHER FEED SCREW MEMBER, EACH SAID THREADED PORTION EXTENDING TO A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF SAID FIXED LOCUS, EACH YOKE OF SAID RIGHT AND LEFT PAIRS OF YOKES THEREOF THAT IS ADJACENT TO SAID FIXED LOCUS BEING MOUNTED THREADALLY ON THE THREADED PORTION OF ITS RESPECTIVE FEED SCREW MEMBER, EACH OTHER YOKE OF SAID RIGHT AND LEFT PAIRS THEREOF HAVING A GEAR MEANS JOURNALED THEREIN AND KEYED TO THE KEYED PORTION OF THE FEED SCREW MEMBER PASSING THERETHROUGH AND A GEARED NUT MEANS THREADALLY MOUNTED ON THE THREADED PORTION OF THE FEED SCREW MEMBER PASSING THROUGH SAID YOKES, SAID GEAR AND GEARED NUT MEANS BEING INTERMESHED AND MEANS TO ROTATE AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FEED SCREW MEMBERS, WHEREBY WHEN ONE OF SAID FEED SCREW MEMBERS ROTATES, THE GEARED NUT MEANS AT THE THREADED PORTION THEREOF IS HELD STATIONARY BY SAID GEAR WHICH IS KEYED TO THE OTHER FEED SCREW MEMBER AND THE GEAR WHICH IS KEYED TO THE KEYED PORTION OF SAID FEED SCREW MEMBER THAT IS ROTATING OPERATES ITS RESPECTIVE GEARED NUT MEANS AND AS A RESULT THEREOF, SAID OTHER, OUTERMOST YOKES MOVE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIXED LOCUS.

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Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-04-29 1966-10-29 1967-04-30 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-04-29 1970-10-29 1971-04-30 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-04-29 1974-10-29 1975-04-30 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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