Patents by Inventor Dick Edwards

Dick Edwards has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9351437
    Abstract: A tool bar apparatus has an elongate tool bar having a longitudinal tool bar axis, and ground engaging tools fixed thereto. Wheels are rotatably fixed to the tool bar and roll about a rotational axis parallel to the tool bar. A hitch frame is pivotally attached at a rear end thereof to the tool bar about a hitch pivot axis parallel to the tool bar axis, and has a hitch tongue at a front end thereof. An actuator pivots the tool bar about the hitch pivot axis from an operating position, where the ground engaging tools extend rearward, to a transport position where the ground engaging tools extend upward from the tool bar. The wheels move rearward under the tool bar when the tool bar pivots from the operating position to the transport position such that a downward force is exerted on the hitch tongue when in the transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Pillar Lasers Inc.
    Inventors: Dick Edward Friesen, John Martens
  • Publication number: 20140069670
    Abstract: A tool bar apparatus has an elongate tool bar having a longitudinal tool bar axis, and ground engaging tools fixed thereto. Wheels are rotatably fixed to the tool bar and roll about a rotational axis parallel to the tool bar. A hitch frame is pivotally attached at a rear end thereof to the tool bar about a hitch pivot axis parallel to the tool bar axis, and has a hitch tongue at a front end thereof. An actuator pivots the tool bar about the hitch pivot axis from an operating position, where the ground engaging tools extend rearward, to a transport position where the ground engaging tools extend upward from the tool bar. The wheels move rearward under the tool bar when the tool bar pivots from the operating position to the transport position such that a downward force is exerted on the hitch tongue when in the transport position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Pillar Lasers Inc.
    Inventors: Dick Edward Friesen, John Martens
  • Patent number: 8245852
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a pre-filter assembly for use with a pump. The assembly includes a housing having an intake channel and an outlet channel. The intake channel includes an intake flange around a first circumference and a ribbed surface to facilitate sealing. The outlet channel includes a bottom portion and an outlet flange around a second circumference. The intake flange and the outlet flange are on opposite sides of the housing. The assembly also includes a basket positioned in the housing. The basket has a bottom side and is positioned above the bottom portion of the outlet channel to form a chamber. The basket is positioned in closer proximity to the intake channel than to the outlet channel. In addition, the assembly includes a securing device with a lid having ridges and a clear top to permit the user to view the contents of the basket. The securing device also includes a locking ring with slots and openings to permit the user to view the contents of the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
    Inventors: JoAnne B. Sloan, Rajaiah Chinthanippula, Douglas L. Stout, Dick Edwards
  • Publication number: 20100314301
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a pre-filter assembly for use with a pump. The assembly includes a housing having an intake channel and an outlet channel. The intake channel includes an intake flange around a first circumference and a ribbed surface to facilitate sealing. The outlet channel includes a bottom portion and an outlet flange around a second circumference. The intake flange and the outlet flange are on opposite sides of the housing. The assembly also includes a basket positioned in the housing. The basket has a bottom side and is positioned above the bottom portion of the outlet channel to form a chamber. The basket is positioned in closer proximity to the intake channel than to the outlet channel. In addition, the assembly includes a securing device with a lid having ridges and a clear top to permit the user to view the contents of the basket. The securing device also includes a locking ring with slots and openings to permit the user to view the contents of the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: JoAnne B. Sloan, Rajaiah Chinthanippula, Douglas L. Stout, Dick Edwards
  • Patent number: 7780406
    Abstract: An injection molded commercial pool pump is provided having a motor, an adapter plate connected to the motor, a housing connected to the adapter plate further comprising a channel, a sealing plate positioned between the adapter plate and housing, an impeller connected to the motor shaft, an o-ring positioned between the sealing plate and housing to prevent leaking of internal fluids and a diffuser positioned over the impeller and connected to the sealing plate where the diffuser and impeller are inserted into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
    Inventors: JoAnne B. Sloan, Rajaiah Chinthanippula, Douglas L. Stout, Dick Edwards
  • Patent number: 7685950
    Abstract: A furrow opener device includes a disc arranged to open a primary furrow in the ground. A scraper body has a leading scraper edge supported alongside the disc to scrape the disc. A wing member is supported on a bottom portion of the scraper body in proximity to a bottom end of the disc and extends laterally outwardly away from the disc so as to be arranged to open a groove in the primary furrow projecting laterally to one side of the primary furrow, and a tube extends generally downward to an output opening located adjacent the wing member and is arranged for depositing product into the groove. A packer wheel is arranged in a first configuration where depth of disc penetration is gauged by a gauge wheel adjacent to the furrow opener and in a second configuration in which depth is gauged by the packer wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Dick Edward Friesen
  • Patent number: 7540246
    Abstract: A furrow opener device includes a disc arranged to open a primary furrow in the ground. A scraper body has a leading scraper edge supported alongside the disc to scrape the disc. A wing member is supported on a bottom portion of the scraper body in proximity to a bottom end of the disc and extends laterally outwardly away from the disc so as to be arranged to open a groove in the primary furrow projecting laterally to one side of the primary furrow, and a tube extends generally downward to an output opening located adjacent the wing member and is arranged for depositing product into the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventors: Dick Edward Friesen, Peter Hugh Barton
  • Publication number: 20080257238
    Abstract: A furrow opener device includes a disc arranged to open a primary furrow in the ground. A scraper body has a leading scraper edge supported alongside the disc to scrape the disc. A wing member is supported on a bottom portion of the scraper body in proximity to a bottom end of the disc and extends laterally outwardly away from the disc so as to be arranged to open a groove in the primary furrow projecting laterally to one side of the primary furrow, and a tube extends generally downward to an output opening located adjacent the wing member and is arranged for depositing product into the groove. A packer wheel is arranged in a first configuration where depth of disc penetration is gauged by a gauge wheel adjacent to the furrow opener and in a second configuration in which depth is gauged by the packer wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Dick Edward Friesen
  • Publication number: 20080257237
    Abstract: A furrow opener device includes a disc arranged to open a primary furrow in the ground. A scraper body has a leading scraper edge supported alongside the disc to scrape the disc. A wing member is supported on a bottom portion of the scraper body in proximity to a bottom end of the disc and extends laterally outwardly away from the disc so as to be arranged to open a groove in the primary furrow projecting laterally to one side of the primary furrow, and a tube extends generally downward to an output opening located adjacent the wing member and is arranged for depositing product into the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Dick Edward Friesen, Peter Hugh Barton
  • Publication number: 20050158194
    Abstract: An injection molded commercial pool pump is provided having a motor, an adapter plate connected to the motor, a housing connected to the adapter plate further comprising a channel, a sealing plate positioned between the adapter plate and housing, an impeller connected to the motor shaft, an o-ring positioned between the sealing plate and housing to prevent leaking of internal fluids and a diffuser positioned over the impeller and connected to the sealing plate where the diffuser and impeller are inserted into the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: JoAnne Sloan, Rajaiah Chinthanippula, Douglas Stout, Dick Edwards
  • Patent number: D335798
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Genpak Corporation
    Inventors: William Crawford, Dick Edwards, Edward Rider, Jr., Stephen Susta, Jr.