US Patent Issued to The Charles Machine Works on Oct. 6 for "Drilling machine attachment for loader" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,656, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Charles Machine Works Inc. (Perry, Okla.).

"Drilling machine attachment for loader" was invented by Cody L. Sewell (Perry, Okla.) and Travis W. Woodson (Orlando, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill attachment for a work machine. The attachment has a drill frame which supports a spindle and carriage for rotating and translating a pipe segment, or a made up section of pipe. A wrench is utilized to make up and break out sections of pipe from a pipe string. The attachment is carried by a compact work machine's lift arms, and is generally oriented such that the path of the drill string is...