Rotating, Horizontal Axis Patents (Class 248/130)
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Patent number: 5794671Abstract: A draining apparatus for collecting fluids from a container. This device consists essentially of a base and a rotational receptacle support which holds, in place, the container which is to be drained. The container is held in an inverted position and is uniquely secured for draining and can be easily released to facilitate collection and use.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1997Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Inventor: M. Michelle Smith
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Patent number: 5379870Abstract: An article of wheeled luggage is provided with retractible outriggers that can be extended beyond the lateral sides of the article of luggage, thus to provide stabilization for the luggage and militate against accidental tipping over of the luggage during towing of the article of wheeled luggage.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1993Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Imports by Brian IncorporatedInventor: Bernard D. Sadow
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Patent number: 5289940Abstract: A container is arranged with a central core support, with the core support having radially displaced vanes fixedly mounted relative to a central spine, wherein each vane fixedly mounts a floor and array of divider walls. The core support is mounted between front and rear walls, with the rear wall hingedly mounting a lid over each array of divider walls.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1992Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Inventor: David H. Wisenbaugh
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Patent number: 5289957Abstract: The present invention is related to a container fixing support and particularly to a deliberately designed container fixing support which is specially applied to be quickly and conveniently installed between the two front seats of a car (such as sedan and station wagon) or in a suitable position in the car, essentially comprising two holders, two inner fixing supports, two outer fixing supports, two connecting bases, two fixing plates, a connecting rod and a connecting container; when assembly, the two inner fixing supports are installed at the two ends of connecting rod, and when to install the container together, firstly to dispose the connecting rod between the two fixing supports (plates) on the rear side of the container and then to lock the two inner fixing supports onto the two ends of connecting rod, and then to lock the container in a position nearby the lower side between the two inner fixing supports; secondly to engage the upper and lower ends of each fixing support with a holder and a connectingType: GrantFiled: March 19, 1992Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Inventor: Tsu-ping Huang
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Patent number: 5275365Abstract: A collapsible table height cart is disclosed for elevating a table top mounted case enclosed machine, such as a voting station for deployment of a direct recording electronic voting machine. The erection of the case on the cart is assisted by a series of pivoting motions over a cart fulcrum for ease of voting station erection by polling place personnel having less than average strength. The collapsed cart is flush to one side of the case. The case and collapsed cart transport on a supporting tracking wheel pair protruding from a lower edge of the case at the collapsed cart. Stowing occurs with the case containing the polling station standing on end in a substantially vertical position. Support of the polling station in the vertical stowed position occurs from both the tracking wheel pair and paired arcuate members extending over the bottom edge of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: Unilect CorporationInventors: John A. Gerbel, Donald C. Lewis
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Patent number: 5137235Abstract: A portable stand supports and positions an inverted power drill relative to an overlying workpiece. The power drill is adjustably positionable both vertically and angularly with respect to the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1990Date of Patent: August 11, 1992Assignee: U-Haul International, Inc.Inventors: Darel L. Wentworth, Martin K. Carty
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Patent number: 5123747Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing device the mixing container of which consists of two bowl-shaped vessel parts, at least one stop element being fixed on the transport support and a clamping or draw-in device which can be brought into clamping engagement with the stop element being provided on the guide fork in such a way that the transport support with the first vessel part can be drawn into the starting position of the mixing vessel and locked there.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1989Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Dr. Herfeld GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Michael Derksen
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Patent number: 5074513Abstract: An easel adapted for use by disabled persons provides a frame for holding a canvas which can be tilted by means of a crank and rotated to bring different parts of the canvas into convenient reach of the artist. The stand of the easel pivotally supports a plate on which the canvas-holding frame is rotatably mounted.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1990Date of Patent: December 24, 1991Inventors: Sterling L. R. Presley, Heather J. Presley
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Patent number: 5044786Abstract: In a bearing arrangement for a rotary drum, the ends of two cradles are attached to load-carrying rollers which rotate freely over a surface area of a race of the rotary drum. The cradles run in self-aligning bearings in a load-bearing structure via intermediate cradles. Each load-carrying roller runs in bearings at the end of its respective cradle, in a manner which avoids slanting and which is free of axial clearance. Each cradle runs in rocker bearing located between its two load-carrying rollers, without bearing clearance at the end of an intermediate cradle. One of the intermediate cradles runs in a journal bearing with an axial clearance equal to or larger than the axial dislocation of the load-carrying rollers in the load bearing structure when the rotary drum is in operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Werner Jacob, Martin Schepp
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Patent number: 4986501Abstract: An equipment carrier, e.g. for a monitor or measuring device and having a mounting plate is described, which is tilt-adjustable and lockable in different tilt angles. The equipment carrier comprises a base frame mounted on runners and on which are arranged two columns. A mounting plate is vertically adjustably suspended by means of two oscillating arms between the two columns.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1989Date of Patent: January 22, 1991Assignee: KNURR-Mechanik fur die Elektronik AktiengesellschaftInventor: Peter Simon
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Patent number: 4860909Abstract: A trash receptacle having a pair of baskets rotatably mounted on a support. Each basket is fixable in an upright position by a latching member which prevents rotation of the basket about a horizontal axis unless the basket is being emptied.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1988Date of Patent: August 29, 1989Inventor: Dov A. Leumi
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Patent number: 4852748Abstract: A ferris wheel shaped frame having a plurality of fixture storage locations along its periphery is used to store a plurality of fixtures. The fixtures are held in place by a pivoting member comprising a pivotable sleeve, and a latch comprising a removable nut and bolt assembly. When a fixture is to be used, it is unlatched and pivoted away from the frame so that the operator is unhampered during a work operation by the storage assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1988Date of Patent: August 1, 1989Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: William C. Burgess, Gary L. Jochum, David Goetzinger, David A. Beckius
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Patent number: 4826116Abstract: A tipping device for a movie camera or for the cradle (3) connected thereto is swivel-mounted in rollers (8) by means of skids (6). The cradle (3) is connected to a link chain (15) which is in mesh with chain wheels (21). By means of such a traction means the rotary motions applied to a crank can be transmitted with precision to the cradle (3), free from play, in order to swivel the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1987Date of Patent: May 2, 1989Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KGInventors: Otto Blaschek, Kurt Wallner
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Patent number: 4771980Abstract: A stand or support for various kinds and types of small motors, generators and air compressors while servicing them, as well as testing them under running conditions, the stand or support having a bracket attachable to a bench or vertical post and a simple frame being supported for rotation thereon. The frame comprises an elongated angle iron member to one end of which an engine support is connected fixedly and perpendicularly thereto and a second similar engine support extends perpendicularly from the elongated member and is longitudinally adjustable therealong but is adapted to be clamped at any desired location thereon for attachment of a small engine or the like to the engine supports in accordance with the position of bolt holes on the engine or other type of small device.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1987Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Inventors: Ronald J. Dubbs, Richard E. Dubbs
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Patent number: 4712693Abstract: A remote control console, comprising a base, and a remote control unit supporting member for supporting a plurality of remote control units which emit activating beams. The remote control unit supporting member is rotatably mounted to the base such that the activating beams of the attached remote control units may be selectively directed toward a common remote position.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1986Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Inventor: James W. Striplin
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Patent number: 4671477Abstract: A device for handling a workpiece, such as a container for chemotherapy drugs, comprises a base plate, a vertical post extending from the base plate, a support barrel rotatably connected at one end to a support member which slidably engages with the vertical post, and a shaft that is biased within the support barrel to partially extend through and outwardly beyond the end of the support barrel opposite the support member. The device further comprises a first jaw member extending downwardly through the support barrel and connected to the shaft for relative movement therewith and a second jaw member opposed to the first jaw member and affixed to the end of the support barrel opposite the support member. Preferably, the second jaw member connects to a clamping means which slidably engages with the support barrel intermediate the first jaw member and the end of the support barrel opposite the support member. Each jaw member includes a vertical frame from which a plurality of spaced tine pairs extend.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1986Date of Patent: June 9, 1987Inventor: Thomas J. Cullen
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Patent number: 4669694Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting the tilt angle of a flat display panel, such as a plasma panel, includes a strut and a rotatable stop member engaging one end of the strut. The strut has one end pivotally attached to a vertically extending support member which supports the display panel housing by means of a hinge attached to the back wall of the housing. The other end of the strut extends through an elongated slot extending generally in the vertical direction in the back wall of the housing and engages the rotatable stop member mounted on the back wall opposite the slot. The stop member has a smooth surface and a frictional surface provided with a number of detents. A lever attached to a shaft portion of the rotatable stop member extending below the bottom wall of the housing facilitates rotation of the stop to a position in which the strut is in sliding engagement with the smooth surface, allowing free adjustment of the tilt angle of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1985Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell LaboratoriesInventor: Robert G. Malick
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Patent number: 4405046Abstract: An improved tray attachment for a chair wherein a mounting mechanism for the tray is attached to the underside thereof, and is provided with a pin extending in parallel with one side of the tray, such pins having a free end for being slidably received in a mounting block, whereby the tray may be moved in forward and rearward directions by such slidable movement and may be pivoted to a vertical storage position about the axis of such pin. The mounting block is also pivotally mounted on a transverse horizontal extension of a vertical rod, wherein the tray may be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the vertical rod, and by fixing such rod to an arm of the chair at its desired height. The pivotal connection between the transverse rod and the mounting block permits the tray to be tilted, and a second vertical rod, attached to the opposite arm of the chair, may be raised and lowered to support the tray in a horizontal or tilted disposition.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1982Date of Patent: September 20, 1983Assignee: LPS Industries, Inc.Inventors: Roland P. Schultz, Steven P. Schultz
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Patent number: 4160569Abstract: A bearing structure for supporting at least one end of the cylindrical housing of a cylindrical lift pump for handling large volumes of fluid, particularly sewage, and, in particular, to bearings for carrying the load of the pump which bearings include at least two supports for engaging a wear ring or track carried by the cylinder with each support disposed on opposite sides of a vertical axis bisecting the cylindrical housing and having at least two coplanar rollers carried by a first base member which is in turn pivotally carried by a second fixedly positioned base member for tri-axial motion relative thereto.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1978Date of Patent: July 10, 1979Assignee: CPC Engineering CorporationInventor: Robert A. Reid
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Patent number: 4118180Abstract: A service stand integral with the rotary kiln carrying mechanism to facilitate field maintenance of the kiln roller supports and eliminate the danger inherent in field constructed blocking.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1977Date of Patent: October 3, 1978Assignee: Allis-Chalmers CorporationInventor: Robert M. Bliemeister
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Patent number: 4108410Abstract: The rotary tube of a crusher is mounted for rotation on a support having a support surface in gliding contact with a circumferentially extending, circular face portion of the crusher tube. The support is supported on a ball-and-socket joint in turn supported on a base, the ball of the joint being affixed to the support and the socket being affixed to the base. A cheek plate extends from each side of the support and encloses the joint and a portion of the base so as to restrain lateral movement of the support.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1977Date of Patent: August 22, 1978Assignee: Fives-Cail BabcockInventors: Alain Chielens, Gerard Marchal, Michel Gesquiere
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Patent number: 4100616Abstract: A docking station for rotating a container to mix the materials therein. The docking station includes fluid actuated cylinders which are operative to retain the container thereon during rotation. The cylinders are actuated by a mechanism which is energized when the container is received on the docking station. Additionally, means supporting containers with round sides so that they can be rotated by the docking station is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1977Date of Patent: July 11, 1978Inventor: William Wilson
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Patent number: 4075975Abstract: Drums are supported for rotation on idler rollers carried by an intermittently operable conveyor, and when the drums reach a predetermined position in which their longitudinal axes are aligned with telescopically movable coating material applicator heads the conveyor movement of the drums is stopped and an overhead assembly is moved downwardly into engagement with the drum shells to hold them down and rotate them while the coating applicator heads move inwardly and outwardly of the shells.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1976Date of Patent: February 28, 1978Assignee: Kaiser Steel CorporationInventor: Donald E. Oswald
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Patent number: 4067292Abstract: A device suitable for coating popcorn with cheese, butter, or the like comprises an axle positioned at an acute angle to a horizontal plane, means for rotating the axle, and four vessel-gripping prongs releasably secured to the axle for rotation therewith. The prongs, which are formed from two U-shaped members, are spaced radially from each other and each has a portion which lies generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the axle.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1974Date of Patent: January 10, 1978Inventors: Aaron M. Friedman, Jean J. Friedman
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Patent number: 3951185Abstract: The specification discloses a closed system for cleaning, pressure testing, and drying fire extinguisher containers. The system comprises two tanks for holding trichloroethane and flow lines and a valve control system for flowing the liquid from one tank into the container to be cleaned, pressure tested, and dried and then from the container to the other tank. After a number of containers are cleaned and pressure tested and the second tank becomes full, the valve control system can be controlled to reverse the flow of liquid from the second tank to the containers to be cleaned, pressure tested, and dried and then back to the first tank.In a further embodiment, there is provided a universal head adapted to fit many different sizes of fire extinguisher container openings and in addition an adjustable holding device for holding the container to be tested between a support plate and the head and for inverting the container to allow the container to be emptied after the test is completed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1974Date of Patent: April 20, 1976Assignee: Pyronauts, Inc.Inventors: James C. Bower, Sidney V. Roach