Sliding Bar Patents (Class 24/100.5)
  • Patent number: 11273393
    Abstract: The present invention features a device having a strainer cover assembly having a strainer cover with tab openings, and a strainer housing having flexible tabs arranged thereon, the flexible tabs passing through the tab openings and fastening on the strainer cover with a snap action. The flexible tabs are deflected for removing the strainer cover. The strainer cover assembly includes a strainer with a screen for filtering a medium passing through the device. The snap action of the flexible tabs makes it easy to open, slide out and clean the screen on the strainer cover assembly. The strainer cover assembly and the screen may be formed as an integral unit, which helps in cleaning the screen. In operation, the user simply compresses the snap tabs and slides out the screen which is attached to the strainer cover assembly and rinses the contaminated screen while holding it by the strainer cover assembly. The integral unit being formed by plastic mold injection. The screen may be made of stainless steel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Xylem IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Ashfaq Mir
  • Patent number: 9938857
    Abstract: An insert for a component of a gas turbine is provided. The insert includes an insert portion and a retaining element such that the insert portion is retained by the retaining element so that movement of the insert portion relative to the retaining element is prevented. Additionally, a gas turbine component including the insert is provided as well as a method for inserting the insert into a gas turbine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventor: Clinton A. Mayer
  • Patent number: 9808051
    Abstract: An improved one-piece fastener for retaining a loop shank button in the buttonhole of a garment. The fastener is in the form of a planar disk having a solid margin and a central portion within the margin that is notched to define a pair of mutually parallel deflectable legs sized and spaced to permit their partial insertion through the loop shank of the button. The legs of the fastener are contoured to define a detent position in which the loop shank seats to securely attach the fastener to the loop shank and thereby retain the loop shank button in the buttonhole of the garment. One longitudinal end of the fastener margin is provided with an extension or tab by which a user can conveniently grasp the fastener during its installation and removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth Majercak