Patents Represented by Attorney William L. Fisher
  • Patent number: 4066243
    Abstract: A vehicle body part holding and positioning device comprising a floor supported rollable frame, a pair of side by side pipes supported in an upright position on the frame, a second pair of pipes lengthwise joined together, the second pair of pipes encircling the first-mentioned pair of pipes and being vertically slideable thereon, a pair of widthwise spaced apart arms for holding and cradling thereon a vehicle body part, the arms held fast to the second pair of pipes for movement therewith, the arms disposed over the frame so that the center of weight of the vehicle body part coincides with the center of length of the frame, an arrangment on the frame for engaging the foot end of a friction jack, an eye on the second pipes for engaging the moveable head of the jack, whereby the jack can be operated to lift the vehicle body part above the frame, and pins for holding the second pipes elevated on the first pipes without the use of the friction jack, whereby the device can be rolled to hold and position the vehic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Inventor: Edmond L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4066367
    Abstract: Improvement in a brush shave device for dispensing liquid shaving soap from a bottle having a shaving brush carried thereon, the bottle having a neck, the shaving brush being of the type having a single tuft of bristles, the improvement comprising a tapered spout on the neck of the bottle, the bottle filled with liquid shaving soap, the spout not removeable from the neck so that the bottle is not re-fillable, the brush having an adhesive base in which the tuft of bristles is embedded, the adhesive base being a solid body and having some height thereto so as to have a tapered aperture therein for sealing against the taper on the spout, a joining member surrounding the adhesive base so that the tuft of bristles projects out of the upper end of the joining member, the lower end of the joining member removeably connected to the bottle for inserting and holding the brush thereon and removing the brush therefrom, the upper end of the spout projecting above the adhesive base and into the bristles less than half the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Inventor: Frank Sherosky
  • Patent number: 4050633
    Abstract: Improvement in a spray bar for metal roller having a layered body and a plurality of spray nozzles carried thereon, the improvement comprising apparatus providing access from the rear of the spray bar to the nozzles for servicing thereof, the apparatus including for each nozzle an elongated housing fastened on the spray bar so that the former projects outwardly from the front face of the latter, an elongated member joined to the nozzle to form a cartridge nozzle which fits in the housing, and an access opening in the rear of the spray bar for inserting the cartridge nozzle into the housing or removing the same therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: Almo Manifold & Tool Company
    Inventor: Richard B. Courson
  • Patent number: 4030443
    Abstract: Improvement in sports watercraft having a floatable hull, a propeller system including a rotatable propeller shaft and propeller for propelling the watercraft in water, a motor for driving the propeller, a throttle for controlling the speed of the motor and steering mechanism for rotating the propeller shaft to steer the watercraft in water, the improvement comprising a water ski disposed beneath and joined to the hull so that at low speeds the water craft floats in the water by means of the hull and at high speeds the hull is lifted entirely out of the water by means of the water ski, whereby at high speeds the watercraft rides on top of the water, the hull having a flat deck portion for supporting an occupant of the watercraft in a straddling position, a foot rest on both sides of the hull for supporting the feet of the occupant, the water ski joined to the hull by a rib structure which spaces the water ski from the bottom of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Inventor: Donald C. Price
  • Patent number: 4023090
    Abstract: In an electrical three phase variable power supply fed by three phase alternating power and having a three coil adjustable autotransformer connected in wye across the power lines, the autotransformer having taps associated with each of its coils for adjustably connecting to different turns thereof, the power supply having at least one neutral joining the coils of the autotransformer, Zagreb circuit method of varying the power output of the power supply, the Zagreb circuit method comprising providing a supply transformer having a three coil primary, corresponding ends of said primary coils connected to the taps, respectively, and arranging the primary coils in relation to the autotransformer alternatively as follows:A. connecting them in delta across the power lines for a high value of output power;B. connecting them in wye across said power lines in parallel with the autotransformer for a low value of output power; andC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Inventor: Peter Kljucaricek
  • Patent number: 4015163
    Abstract: Improvement in an ornamental device for ornamenting a room having a light source therefor comprising joined together front and opposite side members, the side members projecting from the rear face of the front member and an arrangement for attaching the device to a corner of the room formed by the junction of a wall and a ceiling thereof so that the light source and one device covers the edge of the front and side members press against the ceiling and another edge thereof presses against the wall, the attaching arrangement being a yieldable member arranged to pull upon the rear face so as to pull the device inwardly toward the corner, the members each having at least one translucent panel therein for passing light from the source therethrough from inside the device to the outside thereof, whereby to decoratively affect the illumination of said room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Inventor: Michael D. Iacobelli
  • Patent number: 4007849
    Abstract: Improvement in a safety container for medicine having a cap and bottle, the cap constructed in relation to the bottle such that in one position thereof the cap can be lifted off the bottle and in another position thereof the cap cannot be removed from the bottle, the improvement comprising a detent associated with the cap, the detent moveable in respect to the cap and having a lock and unlock position in respect thereto, a cooperative arrangement on the bottle capable of engaging with the detent to lock the cap on the bottle, and a manually actuable handle on the cap capable of moving the detent between lock and unlock positions thereof the detent being flexible, the handle operative during actuation thereof to flex the detent to move it between its lock and unlock positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Inventor: Donald B. Hinkle
  • Patent number: 4005861
    Abstract: Improved pocket-billiard trick shot racking device, whereby to facilitate making pocket-billiard trick shots, the racking device being a four-sided racking device having four walls and a trapezoidal shape in plan view so that it can rack six billiard balls at a time so that four thereof are disposed in the corners of said racking device each touching two walls of said device and the other two thereof are inside of the corner balls, the two innermost balls touching two of the corner balls and being spaced apart from each other so that the space between them is less than the diameter of the cue ball, the walls having inside dimensions of length precisely machined to one thousandth of an inch the walls having inside dimensions of length for any given diameter of billiard balls as follows: the front; rear; and side walls, respectively, being 3.717 diameters; 3.171 diameters; and 2.846 diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Tomczak
  • Patent number: 4000669
    Abstract: Improvement in a machine tool center device having a hollow body and a center shaft therein, the shaft having a conical front end, a bearing between the body and shaft for moveably supporting the latter, the improvement comprising a center device which has an arrangement for converting the same from a live center to a dead center and vice versa, an arrangement for supporting the shaft in the body for both rotation and reciprocation in respect thereto, the conversion arrangement preventing rotation of the shaft while permitting reciprocation thereof, the conversion arrangement being accessible from the exterior of the body for insertion or removal in respect thereto, a yieldable mechanism in the body operative upon the shaft for urging the front end outwardly of the body, a thrust cap rotatably carried on the front end of the body having an aperture therein through which the front end projects, the thrust cap being held fast against reciprocative movement relative to the body, a nose cap carried on the thrust
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Inventor: Ernest E. Krupp
  • Patent number: 3993186
    Abstract: Improvement in a mechanism for guiding a belt on a conveyor comprising a belt guide having a roller and belt guide members at opposite ends of the roller, a hanger for hanging the roller from a conveyor so that the roller pushes upon the slack side of the conveyor belt, an arrangement providing a pivot axis by which the roller can rotate in respect to the hanger during operation of the conveyor, the device utilizing the left or right sideways movement of the belt to engage one of the guide members and rotate the roller about the pivot axis so that the belt is automatically moved by the device toward the position from which it originally commenced to move, the improvement comprising a roller frame for the roller, an axle made fast to the roller frame, the roller rotatably carried on the axle, the belt guide members carried on the axle and made fast to the roller frame, the belt guide members having belt-contacting surfaces for engaging opposite edges of the belt, each belt-contacting surface disposed at an obt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Inventor: Paul R. Sokolowski
  • Patent number: 3992797
    Abstract: Improvement in a fishing warning light device having a battery operated light to warn a fisherman that a fish is biting on a fishing pole and electrical circuitry for lighting the light, the improvement comprising a lengthwise extending insulative base, the base carrying the circuitry, and a mechanism for removably mounting the device in an in-use position thereof on the pole so that the base is disposed lengthwise of the pole in the in-use position, the mounting mechanism for the device arranged to squeeze the base against an eye on the pole so as to make a solid mechanical connection between the device and the pole, the mounting mechanism comprising a slot in one end of the base for engaging the eye, and a pinch type fastener on the other end of the base for clamping on the pole, the fastener moveable lengthwise of the pole to push the base against the eye, whereby the squeezing of the base is accomplished by the fastener forcing the slot into full length engagement with the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Inventor: Alger A. Kazakevich
  • Patent number: 3980328
    Abstract: Improvement in a doorbar device for barring the door of a doorway, the doorway having doorjambs and a door therefor, the door having a doorknob, the doorbar device comprising a doorknob constructed to be affixed to the doorjambs of the doorway to extend across and bar the door from being opened, the doorbar device also comprising a mechanism for applying a force upon the doorknob to prevent turning thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Robert J. Pearson
    Inventor: Ernest A. Pearson
  • Patent number: RE28987
    Abstract: Mobile home skirting is disclosed comprising a top track, a bottom track and a plurality of panels in said tracks, each track having a front wall and a back wall, .[.each panel having a major portion forming a front wall thereof and a minor portion forming a back wall thereof,.]. said panels arranged in edge overlapping and independently vertically slidable relationship to each other when disposed in said tracks with the front and back walls of the panels in contact, respectively, with the front and back walls of said tracks, the front wall of each panel and the front wall of .[.each.]. .Iadd.at least one .Iaddend.track .[.both.]. being formed with mutually engageable locking means for retaining said panels in said tracks, the back wall of each panel and the back wall of each track .[.both.].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1972
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Inventor: Marco J. Iacona
  • Patent number: D243086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Inventor: Carl Nothdurft
  • Patent number: D246248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Inventor: Carl Nothdurft