James S Sharp

US Patent:

45138567, Apr 30, 1985

Filed:

Jan 17, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/571595

Inventors:

Thomas F. Lowrance - Garland TX
James B. Sharp - Edgewood TX

International Classification:

B25G 2500

US Classification:

198695

Abstract:

A transport device includes an elongated housing consisting of parallel spaced bars and end blocks. The housing is mounted for rotation on a pair of conveyor chains by support structure including longitudinally projecting shafts and bushings journaled on the shafts for coupling to the conveyor chain. Adjacent edges of the two housing bars define a support surface for the sticks to be transported. An elongated inner bar is confined between the housing bars for reciprocation, and has an activator rod at one end, extending axially into one of the support shafts and bearing against a cam rotatably mounted transversely at the distal end of that shaft. A spring urges an inner rod into engagement with the cam. The cam is configured to be engaged by support structures associated with the conveyor mechanism, to effect the shifting of the inner rod against the force of the spring. The housing bars have longitudinally spaced aligned pairs of headed pins projecting from the edges defining the support surfaces, each pair of pins defining with the support surface a locating channel for supporting a stick.

US Patent:

51733382, Dec 22, 1992

Filed:

Apr 4, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/680340

Inventors:

James B. Sharp - Duncanville TX
Roy Booth - Randolph TX
Max Havenhill - Irving TX

Assignee:

AK Technology, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

B05D 500
B05C 900
B05C 1302

US Classification:

427287

Abstract:

Lead frame workholder and transport apparatus for holding and transporting a strip of lead frames from one station to another, each lead frame having a pad and a locating pinhole, comprises a track having an input station at one end and an output station at the other end with an application station in between, a vacuum loader for loading a strip of lead frames onto the input station, a first transporter for contacting the lead frame strip in the input station by inserting a pin into the locating pinhole and moving the strip along the track to the application station, and a second transporter for moving the strip to the output station and into an exit carrier. A method of applying an epoxy layer to the pads of a strip of lead frames using the apparatus is disclosed.

US Patent:

48342076, May 30, 1989

Filed:

Oct 6, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/105007

Inventors:

Max L. Havenhill - Irving TX
James B. Sharp - Irving TX
Larry W. Nichter - Dallas TX

Assignee:

HNS Products, Inc. - Irving TX

International Classification:

B60R 2510

US Classification:

180287

Abstract:

A system for the prevention of theft of a motor vehicle comprising a valve system and electronic package for the control thereof. The valve system is connected between the master cylinder and the slave cylinder of the vehicle brake system and is selectively actuatable to cause the brakes of the vehicle to lock when the vehicle's ignition is turned off. The electronic package is connected to the valve system and the ignition system for generating an alarm system for generating an alarm system for selectively actuating the valve system. A keyboard is connected to the electronic package for controlling the operation thereof and means are provided for receiving a multi-digit code in the keyboard to effect actuation and deactuation of the valve system and the release of the vehicle brakes for operation of the vehicle. A series of separate alarm sensors are provided in conjunction with the electronic package for affording added safety and theft deterrence. In addition a manual override valve is incorporated into the system to facilitate emergency deactivation as well as disengagement of the system for vehicle repair and the like.

US Patent:

44731809, Sep 25, 1984

Filed:

Aug 24, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/410973

Inventors:

Thomas F. Lowrance - Garland TX
James B. Sharp - Edgewood TX

International Classification:

B27F 700

US Classification:

227 48

Abstract:

A stick hopper box has a floor and dividers mounted on the floor defining vertical guide channels for stacks of single rows of wieners. A plunger assembly includes individual plungers for expelling the lowermost wiener from the several guide channels into aligned clamps of a wiener clamping mechanism. A stick hopper for round sticks includes a box and transversely spaced dividers defining vertical guide channels for stacks of single sticks, the stick hopper guide channels being aligned with the wiener hopper guide channels and wiener clamps. A push rod mechanism, including individual push rods for each stick hopper guide channel, expels the sticks from the channel and inserts the sticks into wieners clamped in the wiener clamping mechanism. A conveyor of transport devices may move in a transverse path between the stick hopper and the wiener clamping mechanism, engaging the projecting sticks of the assembled wieners and sticks, and transporting the assembled wieners and sticks away from the apparatus as released by the clamping mechanism. A stick feeding mechanism feeds sticks directly from a shipping carton into the stick hopper.