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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce A. Thames, Cypress, TX (US);
Sam C. Jensen, Glendora, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/500 ;
Abstract
A positive feed tool having a retract valve. The retract valve is manually actuatable so as to cause an advancing spindle of the tool to retract away from a workpiece. The retract valve is configured to automatically return its unactuated position after the retract valve is manually actuated so as to cause the spindle to once again advance toward the workpiece.