Patents Assigned to LaFrance Precision Casting Company
  • Instrument housing
    Patent number: 4196821
    Abstract: An instrument housing includes an adjustable handle which is rotatable to a number of different positions and spring biased into a locking condition and which may be disengaged therefrom by longitudinal movement of the handle along the axis of rotation without further manipulation of the means for securing the handle to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: LaFrance Precision Casting Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Teti, Jr., Peter A. Peroni
  • Instrument housing
    Patent number: 4089464
    Abstract: A molded instrument housing includes a top wall and a bottom wall slidably connected to a pair of opposed side walls or expanders to form a hollow housing with fastening means securing the various walls together by passing through vertical guide members on the side walls. Horizontal flanges are integral with the side walls and the guide members are molded to and extend from the flanges. Each flange includes a vertical opening which renders it adaptable for having a support member secured thereto. A novel handle construction is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: LaFrance Precision Casting Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Teti, Jr., Peter A. Peroni
  • Tool box handle
    Patent number: 4064594
    Abstract: A handle for tool boxes and the like includes an elongated strap having a pair of lugs at each end thereof each pair of which slides in lug nests in a respective end cover. The end covers are of thickened construction in the path of inward sliding motion to provide greater load carrying capability. The end covers include mounting structure for simplifying the assembly of the handle on the tool box or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: LaFrance Precision Casting Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Teti, Jr., Peter A. Peroni