Richard E Simpson

US Patent:

55070850, Apr 16, 1996

Filed:

May 13, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/065294

Inventors:

Keith M. Easton - Plano TX
Cedric Kentzler - Plano TX
Richard W. Simpson - Sherman TX

Assignee:

Cybex Technologies Corp. - Richardson TX

International Classification:

B23P 2100

US Classification:

2940704

Abstract:

Apparatus for automatically placing a lid on a component package and then securing the lid with a clip. The apparatus includes a programmable robot arm having a gripping assembly, an inspection station, a first conveyor for conveying a boat along a path between a first position and a second position, a pick arm for removing a first lid from a lid feeder station, a second conveyor for reciprocating the pick arm between first and second positions to thereby transfer the first lid from the lid feeder station to the inspection station, and a camera located at the inspection station for inspecting the first lid. The apparatus further includes a rotary actuator arm and a mechanism for reciprocating the rotary actuator arm into contact with a first lid bottom surface following inspection of the first lid and for releasing the pick arm. A control program selectively controls the robot arm (i) to move the gripper assembly to the clip feeder station and to pick up a first clip during inspection of the first lid, (ii) to move the gripper assembly along with the first clip to the inspection station and to pick up the first lid following inspection of the first lid, and (iii) to move the gripper assembly along with the first clip and the first lid from the inspection station to a predetermined assembly position located along the path.

US Patent:

20210293500, Sep 23, 2021

Filed:

Jun 4, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/339313

Inventors:

- Plano TX, US
Richard Trevor Simpson Roe - Plano TX, US

Assignee:

Shadow Systems LLC - Plano TX

International Classification:

F41A 15/14
F41A 3/66

Abstract:

A slide assembly for a firearm comprising a slide and an extractor assembly is provided. The slide includes a mounting recess about a top side of the slide, and a housing recess about a proximal end of the slide. The extractor assembly is mounted within the housing recess and includes a distal end for engaging a cartridge and a proximal end opposite the distal end. The proximal end terminates at a position adjacent about a mid-portion of the mounting recess. One or more retaining holes are provided within a proximal region of the mounting recess spaced from the proximal end of the extractor assembly. Firearm sights are attachable to the mounting recess via fasteners engaging the retaining holes. The retaining holes are arranged such that they do not interfere with the extractor assembly or other components within the housing recess of the slide.

US Patent:

20210222970, Jul 22, 2021

Filed:

Jan 17, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/746468

Inventors:

- Plano TX, US
Richard Trevor Simpson Roe - Plano TX, US

Assignee:

Shadow Systems LLC - Plano TX

International Classification:

F41A 3/26
F41A 3/66
F41C 3/00

Abstract:

A slide assembly for a firearm comprising a slide and an extractor assembly is provided. The slide includes a mounting recess about a top side of the slide, and a housing recess about a proximal end of the slide. The extractor assembly is mounted within the housing recess and includes a distal end for engaging a cartridge and a proximal end opposite the distal end. The proximal end terminates at a position adjacent about a mid-portion of the mounting recess. One or more retaining holes are provided within a proximal region of the mounting recess spaced from the proximal end of the extractor assembly. Firearm sights are attachable to the mounting recess via fasteners engaging the retaining holes. The retaining holes are arranged such that they do not interfere with the extractor assembly or other components within the housing recess of the slide.