Patents Examined by Brian Nash
  • Patent number: 7065940
    Abstract: A product delivery system is provided wherein consumer products are delivered in bulk to the retail site and can be dispensed to individual containers at the retail site. The consumer products can include products in concentrated form that may be diluted prior to dispense or use. The consumer products can include, for example and without limitation, foodstuffs, beverages, household products and automotive products. The product delivery system can include manufacture and/or blending of one or more consumer products at a product manufacturing site, said one or more consumer products being filled into bulk shuttle reservoirs, said one or more bulk shuttle reservoirs being transported to the retail site, and the consumer products contained in said bulk shuttle reservoirs being transferred to individual storage containers for retail to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Robert Dudek, John Melvyn Lloyd Jones, David Campbell Murray, Peter Sandiford
  • Patent number: 7063172
    Abstract: A driving assembly includes a driving device that is slidable along one or more vertical supports as the driving device drives a driving member into an object. The driving assembly may be suspended from a crane or other overhead support, whereby the vertical supports provide balance to the driving assembly and substantially maintain alignment of the driving device with the object. The driving device may slide downward along the vertical supports as the driving device drives against or into the object without requiring adjustment of the overhead support during the driving process. When the driving device has reached a lower portion of the vertical supports, the assembly may be repositioned to position the driving device at the upper end of the vertical supports and the driving process may be repeated. The driving assembly may drive grounding rods into the ground or may break up rock or concrete or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventor: Mark C Marentette
  • Patent number: 7063248
    Abstract: A stapler moving guide device is disclosed, which can move regardless of a paper conveyer so as to enable multi-stapling at the end of papers and at the same time can move to a side portion at a tilt angle. The stapler moving guide device includes a stapler frame 131 provided with a stapler moving path 133 and a horizontal moving guide 52, a first moving plate 50 reciprocating along the horizontal moving guide, a second moving plate 51 reciprocating on the first moving plate in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal moving guide and moving in parallel with the first moving plate, and a stapler 124 fixed on the second moving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignees: KRDC Co., Ltd., GRADCO Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyoon Noh, Seung-Gweon Lee, Umehara Kenji
  • Patent number: 7055728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning structure for a nailer capable of adjusting the position of the nailer arbitrarily. In the rail of magazine is slidably provided an adjusting member whose lateral side is disposed an engaging paw against which a spring abuts. The engaging paw is formed in response to the shape of the cavities in the sidewall of the groove of the rail. On a side of the engaging paw opposite the spring is disposed a press key which partially projects out of the adjusting member and is provided for being pressed by the user. This adjusting member can enable the user to adjust the position of the nailer arbitrarily. The position structure can make the operation easy for the user and can be prevented from being mistakenly pressed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventor: Rick Lin
  • Patent number: 7051914
    Abstract: The apparatus is intended to drive fasteners (21) for fastening a piece (20) to a support (30). The apparatus has a snout (12) equipped with a bearing shoe (14). The shoe is equipped with lateral positioning one-piece plate (15) on which there are formed a number of distinct lateral bearing surfaces (8, 8?, 8?, 8 82, 83) roughly parallel to the axis of the snout to be applied in particular to an edge of one of the pieces either the support piece or the piece that is to be fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Societe de Prospection et d'Inventions Techniques Spit
    Inventor: Patrick Herelier
  • Patent number: 7048076
    Abstract: An electrical hand-held tool includes an electric motor (2) having a rotor shaft (3) extending transverse to the tool percussion axis (A), a rotor sheet stack (4) supported on the rotor shaft, and a pinion (5) supported on the rotor shaft, a percussion mechanism (6) including an eccentric (7), and a drive gear (8) engageable with the motor pinion (5) for driving the eccentric (7), with the rotor sheet stack (4) being arranged, with respect to the percussion axis A, completely diametrically opposite the drive gear (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger Cecchin, Christian Daubner, Hubert Daxenberger, David Hruza, Christoph Kink, Ferdinand Kristen, Erwin Manschitz, Hans-Juergen Pfisterer, Walter Wissmach
  • Patent number: 7048171
    Abstract: A surgical stapler which has an actuating trigger that is operable in three distinct positions. The actuating trigger works in combination with a forming tool and a window opening in a disposable staple cartridge to lock and align the centerline of a staple ready to be formed guaranteeing a smooth and precise insertion into a wound or incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventors: Curtis W. Thornton, Alberto Diaz
  • Patent number: 7048170
    Abstract: A nail magazine for use in a power nailing hand tool to hold and feed a rolled belt of nails is constructed to include a casing, a magazine shaft vertically disposed inside the casing at the center, the magazine shaft having an upright shaft at the center inside the casing and a nail carrier sleeve vertically movably supported on a magazine spring around the upright shaft and adapted to carry a rolled belt of nails for feeding, and a cover hinged to the casing, the cover defining with the casing a nail feed hole when closed on the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Evening Star International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mu-Fa Lin
  • Patent number: 7040414
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes a housing, a driving mechanism, a rear cap, a direction controller, a speed controller, and an operating member. The housing is formed with a component chamber and an intake passageway. The driving mechanism includes an output shaft rotatable about a rotary axis. The rear cap defines a cap chamber in spatial communication with the component chamber, and has a connecting passageway that intercommunicates the cap chamber and the intake passageway. The direction controller and the speed controller are mounted in the cap chamber for rotation about the rotary axis. The operating member is coupled to the direction controller, is accessible externally of the rear cap and the housing, and is operable to drive rotation of the direction controller about the rotary axis, thereby controlling direction of rotation of the output shaft. The speed controller is operable to vary torque and speed of the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: David Kuo
  • Patent number: 7036672
    Abstract: A packaging system includes an elongate vessel and a lid. The vessel includes a bottom wall, a top surface, and a cylindrical body between the top surface and bottom wall. The body includes an outer surface, a tapered inner surface, and a vertical portion. The vertical portion extends between the tapered inner surface and the top surface. The vessel further includes a plurality of locking tabs formed on the outer surface. The lid includes a cylindrical body, an interior perimeter and an inner surface, and an inner sealing ring extending from the inner surface and configured to engage and seal against the vertical portion of the elongate vessel. The lid also includes an outer sealing ring extending down from the inner surface and out from the interior perimeter, a plurality of tab receptacles positioned within the lid cylindrical body, and a plurality of notches within the cylindrical body positioned between the plurality of tab receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Donald L. Jaycox
  • Patent number: 7037250
    Abstract: A method of forming a perforated tear line in a bag to form an easy-open corner portion. The perforation blade includes a base formed to span the corner portion of the bag. The base has a first end adapted to extend to the end edge of the bag proximate a seal line, and a second end adapted to extend to one side edge of the bag. A series of closely spaced perforation teeth are formed with the base, and are adapted to penetrate the first and second walls of the bag to form a corresponding series of perforations at the corner portion of the bag. A starter tooth is formed at the first end of the base, and is adapted to cut a starter nick in a skirt of the bag between the end edge and the proximate seal line. A burst protection gap is formed between the starter tooth and a first of the series of perforation teeth. The burst protection gap is adapted for safely receiving the seal line of the bag to prevent severing the seal line when cutting the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Exopack-Thomasville LLC
    Inventor: Timothy L. Albright
  • Patent number: 7036705
    Abstract: An automated multiple point fastener driving system is disclosed for driving fasteners into a plurality of structural elements for connecting the elements together while the elements are substantially continuously moving along a path The automated multiple point fastener driving system includes a frame with the path extending through the frame for movement of structural elements, a moving assembly for moving a plurality of structural elements along the path in a substantially continuous manner, an entry clamping assembly for clamping together the structural elements as the elements move substantially continuously along the path, an alignment assembly for aligning at least one edge of the plurality of structural elements as the elements move substantially continuously along the path, and fastener driving assembly for driving fasteners into the plurality of structural elements as the elements move substantially continuously along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventors: Clyde R. Fredrickson, Mark Wismer, Drew Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 7028786
    Abstract: A hand power tool has a housing (10), a hammer barrel (12), a tool receptacle (14) that is separated from the hammer barrel (12) at least one locking body (16) for fixing the tool receptacle (14) in a direction of rotation (18), a transmission unit (20) arranged radially outwardly of the tool receptacle (14) for transmitting a torque from the tool receptacle (14) radially outwardly and fixing the tool receptacle (14) in the direction of rotation (18) of the tool receptacle (14) on the housing (10), one part of the transmission unit (20) being formed by an actuating sleeve (28), the transmission unit (20) having a claw ring (30) which is separate from the actuating sleeve (28) and the tool receptacle (14) being connected through the claw ring (30) with the actuating sleeve (28) in the direction of rotation (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Kuhnle, Helmut Wanek
  • Patent number: 7025149
    Abstract: A rotary tool includes a housing structure with a plurality of apertures therein, drive mechanism disposed within the housing structure, a detachable drive end mechanism coupled to the drive mechanism, and a retaining structure received by the apertures. The drive mechanism is coupled to the detachable drive end mechanism by a splined sleeve. The detachable drive end mechanism includes a detachable drive end and a collar which engages the retaining structure. Several embodiments of collars and retaining structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, the retaining structure includes a generally U-shaped flexible and resilient spring clip which is flexed when installed to frictionally hold itself and the drive end and collar in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel S. Pusateri, Thomas J. Zikowski
  • Patent number: 7021030
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a system for recovering and recycling unused toilet tissue from partially used toilet tissue rolls. In one embodiment, the system is comprised of (1) a hopper for the collection of at least one partially used roll of toilet tissue, the hopper positioning the partially used roll for de-spooling; and (2) a de-spooling and re-spooling apparatus coupled to the hopper, the apparatus de-spooling the toilet tissue from the core of the partially used roll of toilet tissue and re-spooling the toilet tissue onto a recycled toilet tissue roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Arthur Dale Burns
  • Patent number: 7021511
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool comprises a tool body, a muzzle extending forwardly from the tool body and being displaceable into a ready-to-fire position, a magazine for holding fasteners coupled to the muzzle, and a follower within the magazine that biases the fasteners. The follower has a blocking surface that blocks the muzzle during fastener-empty condition and prevents the muzzle from displacing into ready-to-fire position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Popovich, Anthony R. Caringella
  • Patent number: 7014090
    Abstract: A stapling device includes a housing pivotally attached to a base member and having a channel formed by a partition, a staple drive plate slidably received in the housing, a staple magazine slidably engageable in the channel of the housing and having a front staple drive space. A staple feeder is engaged into the staple magazine and includes a spring-biased pusher for forcing staples forwardly toward the staple drive space of the staple magazine, and for allowing the staples to be driven by the staple drive plate, and an actuating device for actuating the staple drive plate to drive the staples. The staple magazine may be easily disengaged from the housing from a rear inlet of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventor: Chun Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 7013619
    Abstract: A method of preserving evidence and later returning the same utilizing a package having an optically transparent film incorporating the evidence and a signed itemization thereof to produce a tamper evident package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Clearwater Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Cory J. Hoover
  • Patent number: 7014085
    Abstract: An explosively actuated tool for driving a fastener into a substrate is mountable to the end of a pole-like handle to permit manipulation and actuation of the tool from a remote position. Actuation of the tool occurs by pushing the forward end of a barrel of the tool against the substrate using the handle and then pushing forwardly the handle which loads and then releases a tiring mechanism of the tool to fire the charge. The tool has a safety lock device for inhibiting loading of the firing mechanism sufficiently to initiate firing unless the tool is orientated upwardly into a vertical or near vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Cetram PTY Limited
    Inventor: David John McCullough
  • Patent number: 7010901
    Abstract: A method of producing a hot melt adhesive solid, the method comprising the steps of inserting a hot melt adhesive heated to higher than a flow temperature into a container having a mold-releasing internal surface and a bottom plate which is openable and closable or removably fixable to the container, cooling the hot melt adhesive at least until the surface of hot melt adhesive becomes solidified, and taking out the hot melt adhesive from the container by opening the bottom plate or displacing the same; hot melt adhesive solid; method of packaging the same; and method of transporting the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Matsumura Oil Research Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ogura, Yoshio Yoshikawa