Foot Or Leg Patents (Class 248/677)
  • Patent number: 11602219
    Abstract: A length-adjustable support device, comprising a first rod, a second rod, a bearing formed on the first rod for axially movably mounting the second rod on the first rod such that the second rod is movable in a translation motion relative to the first rod, and a movable fastening element for interlockingly axially fastening the movable second rod to the first rod by interlockingly fastening the fastening element to a mating interlocking-connection element, the mating interlocking-connection element for the interlocking connection to the fastening element. The aim of the invention is that the interlockingly locked length of the support device can be temporarily adjusted by changing the length of the support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: 90GRAD GMBH
    Inventor: Mario Riegger
  • Patent number: 11149747
    Abstract: A vertically-elongated member, which is preferably a support post used in a molten metal pump, includes a ceramic tube and tensioning structures to add a compressive load to the tube along its longitudinal axis. This makes the tube less prone to breakage. Another vertically-elongated member, such as a support post, includes one or more reinforcement members to help alleviate breakage. A device, such as a pump, used in a molten metal bath includes one or more of such vertical members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Paul V. Cooper
  • Patent number: 11047594
    Abstract: An air conditioning appliance, as provided herein, may have a telescoping plenum attached to a housing of the air conditioning appliance. The telescoping plenum may be receivable within a wall channel defined by a structure wall along an axial direction. The telescoping plenum may include an interior portion and an exterior portion. The interior portion may include a duct wall and an outer flange extending radially outward from the duct wall to contact an internal surface of a structure wall. The exterior portion may include a duct wall having a flange-less outer surface to selectively pass through the wall channel along the axial direction. The exterior portion may be in slidable engagement with the interior portion to move along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Michael Phillips, Christopher Raymond Geisen, Stephen D. Hatcher
  • Publication number: 20150108323
    Abstract: A removable handle for a motorcycle stand that can be removed/replaced to face forward or rearward and on left or right side of motorcycle. When installed the handle is indexed at a precise angle to provide the correct angle for lifting the motorcycle. The handle is capable of being removed easily by removal of a single screw and when installed it is held tight by virtue of the mating male/female members that contain a star-shaped key section, a tapered/conical section and a cylindrical section. When the handle is removed from the motorcycle stand it is compact for shipping and/or storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Pit Bull Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Van Valkenburgh
  • Patent number: 9010888
    Abstract: A refrigerator and an anti-insect unit accommodating a repellent and installed on a refrigerator leg for supporting a refrigerator cabinet, thereby repelling or eradicating insects from the refrigerator and a space for accommodating the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Minsup Kim, Kyungeun Lee, Myungdong You, Sunyoung Park
  • Patent number: 8985545
    Abstract: A supporting assembly is disposed to a case of an electronic device. A window is formed on the case for communicating an inner surface and an outer surface of the case. The supporting assembly includes a fixed part, a latching post, and a support body. The fixed part is disposed to the inner surface. The latching post includes a fixing end and an inserting end. The fixing end runs through the window and is fixed to the fixed part. A first stopping block is disposed to the inserting end. The support body includes a supporting side and a combination side. A combination hole is formed at the combination side for the inserting end to insert therein. The support body further includes a second stopping block protrudly disposed in the combination hole, for stopping the first stopping block to prevent the inserting end from escaping from the combination hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chuan-Hsiao Chiu, Chen-Ming Chan, Xiang-Lin Xue
  • Publication number: 20150076316
    Abstract: A sheet process device includes a processing part unit and a leg part unit. The processing part unit performs post process for a sheet ejected from an image forming apparatus. The leg part unit supports the processing part unit height-adjustably. The leg part unit includes a leg member, a fixed supporting member, and a movable supporting member. The leg member is extendable/contractable in upward and downward directions. The fixed supporting member is extended from a lower end of the leg member in a horizontal direction. The movable supporting member is stored in the fixed supporting member at the lower end of the leg member and extended in another horizontal direction being different from the extending direction of the fixed supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke EGAWA, Masuo KAWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150069207
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for a support structure. In one embodiment, a system comprises a support structure including a plurality of support legs, a first end of each support leg of the plurality of support legs coupled to a respective cylinder head of a plurality of cylinder heads mountable to an engine block, the plurality of support legs configurable to support an exhaust aftertreatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Edward Arner, Paul Lloyd Flynn, Shishir Tiwari, Shashi Kiran
  • Patent number: 8882075
    Abstract: A furnace mounting system to elevate the furnace above the floor. In one form the furnace mounting system includes a furnace mounting block including a vibration dampening feature to prevent the transmission of noise and vibration from the furnace to the mounting block. The furnace mounting block includes a locating feature and is adhered to the bottom surface of the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventor: Mark A Stansbury
  • Publication number: 20140312203
    Abstract: A vending machine supporting apparatus includes a frame and a supporting assembly. The frame includes two first poles and two second poles connected between the two first poles. Each of the two first poles includes a first top piece and a first bottom piece parallel to the first top piece. The first bottom piece defines a first through hole. The first top piece defines a second through hole. The supporting assembly includes a supporting pillar and two fasteners. The supporting pillar includes a shaft portion and a map portion connected to the shaft portion. Each of the fasteners defines a securing hole. The two fasteners are located on opposite sides of the first bottom piece. The shaft portion is inserted in the first through hole, the second through hole and mounted in the securing holes of the two fasteners, and the map portion supported on ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TING-TING HE, ZHI-PING WU, CHAO LIU
  • Publication number: 20140263938
    Abstract: Mounting structure to allow a production line made up of movable manufacturing devices to be rearranged quickly, safely, and reliably. The mounting structure according to the present invention includes a fixing structure installed on a floor and a leg portion installed on a bottom plate of the movable manufacturing device. The fixing structure comprises a floor side positioning member and a floor side coupling member while the leg portion comprises a leg side positioning member and a leg side coupling member. The floor side positioning member and the leg side positioning member positions the movable manufacturing device accurately by fitting each other when the device is placed at the specified location of the fixing structure. The floor side coupling member and the leg side coupling member fixes the movable manufacturing device located on the fixing structure by coupling each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiro HARA, Shizuka NAKANO, Hitoshi MAEKAWA, Shinji FUTAGAWA, Takahiro FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20140252198
    Abstract: A support structure for a gas turbine exhaust system having an exterior shell, an interior liner, and insulation therebetween, the support structure including a support bar welded to the exterior shell, wherein the support bar weld includes a first filler material including a carbon steel filler material. The support structure further including a stud welded to the support bar and coupled to the interior liner, wherein the stud weld includes a second filler material including a low percentage of chromium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bill Damon Johnston, JR., David Edward Schick
  • Publication number: 20140252931
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stabilizer includes a jaw portion which contacts a bottom of an apparatus, a fastener to fasten the stabilizer to a lateral side of the apparatus, and a foot portion extending from the bottom of the apparatus toward far side and in obliquely downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sadahiro MASUDA, Takashi Ogiwara
  • Patent number: 8814120
    Abstract: A fuel tank support system for providing a lightweight yet strong structure for supporting propane tanks above a ground surface. The tank support generally includes an elongated support pad having a platform, a base plate connected to the support pad, and a plurality of internal supports connected between the support pad and the base plate. A plurality of pairs of upper retainer rings extends from an underside of the platform to define upper receiver slots, and a plurality of pairs of lower retainer rings extends from an upper side of the base plate to define lower receiver slots. An upper end of each of the internal supports is received by the upper receiver slots and a lower end of each of the internal supports is received by the lower receiver slots. Handles, bottom grooves, and internal ribbing are also used with the tank support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Bruce Kleespie
  • Patent number: 8763966
    Abstract: A device for fastening the housing (2) of a refrigerant compressor at a container enclosing a cooling volume, wherein the housing (2) can be fastened to a support element (1) located at the container by way of an arbitrary number of connecting elements (3), wherein at least one connecting element (3) is provided that can be fixed in clamped or latched fashion in at least one corresponding receptacle (4), wherein the at least one connection element (3) and the at least one receptacle (4) can be located either at the housing (2) or at the support element (1). In order to facilitate a simple, fast and nevertheless reliable fastening of the refrigerant compressor at the support element (1), it is provided according to the invention that the housing (2) can be moved from a first mounting position in which the at least one connection element (3) is laid into the at least one receptacle (4) to an operating position in which the connection element (3) is fixed in the receptacle (4) in clamped or latched fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Secop Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Stupnik, Markus Spörk, Markus Pucher, Peter Schöllauf, Reinhard Resch
  • Patent number: 8746650
    Abstract: An apparatus that securely supports and displays for adjustable viewing of portable electronic devices where the apparatus can be frictionally engaged into any accessible material seam as well as being supportable on flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Santo R. Curatolo, Giorgio Curatolo
  • Patent number: 8750495
    Abstract: A telephone apparatus includes a phone body and an earpiece that is removably placed upright in the phone body. A supporting leg having a mounting surface that contacts a desk in a desk mount mode and that contacts a wall in a wall mount mode is provided on a sloped back side of the phone body so as to be turnable around a pivot. When the supporting leg is in a first turn position, a lower end of the slope of the phone body is substantially parallel to the mounting surface. When the supporting leg is in a second turn position after having turned through about 180 degrees from the first turn position, an upper end of the slope of the phone body becomes substantially parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daiichiro Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Haraguchi, Toshiya Sakai, Katsuhiko Uto, Tohru Sakata
  • Patent number: 8727301
    Abstract: A built-in home appliance includes a panel, a rear foot group having a foot shaft, an adjustment shaft which rotates the foot shaft of the rear foot group, and an adjustment mechanism having a movement transfer mechanism to transfer a rotational movement of the adjustment shaft to the foot shaft. The movement transfer mechanism is provided on a rear part of the panel to adjust a height of the rear foot group. A guiding member having a bearing receives the adjustment shaft and is fixed by a fixation piece to the panel to provide the supporting of the adjustment shaft so that the adjustment shaft essentially extends in a parallel relation to the panel and so that the adjustment shaft extends between a rear part and a front part of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Ziya Arslankiray, Alper Erdem, Tolga Yegin
  • Publication number: 20140124339
    Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a part of a machine, the support assembly comprising at least one support member for supporting a part of the machine on a base, the support member being slidably mounted on a mounting member on the base to be displaceable with respect to the mounting member between a retracted position and an extended position, a jacking leg extending from a lower end of the mounting member to be displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position, a ram acting between the jacking leg and the support member, said ram being operable to move the jacking leg between its retracted and extended positions and to move the support member between its retracted and extended positions to adjust the position of said part of the machine relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Glenn Murphy, Oliver Donnelly
  • Patent number: 8616517
    Abstract: A turbomachine foot unit with a plurality of feet is provided. The plurality of feet is fastened to a turbomachine. The turbomachine stands upright on a horizontal base. The turbomachine foot includes fastening devices for fastening the feet to the base. At least one of the feet is mounted in a horizontally moveable manner relative to one of the fastening devices fastening the foot to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Huth, Marcus Meyer, Wolfgang Zacharias
  • Patent number: 8596604
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is directed to a system, method and apparatus for a base used in connection with a device. In one embodiment of the invention, the base is used in connection with entertainment and gaming devices such as slot machines, video poker and blackjack, video games, and other entertainment and gaming devices. The base may support the entertainment or gaming device, and may comprise a top surface on which said device may be positioned, a first side panel positioned substantially perpendicularly to the top surface, a second side panel positioned substantially perpendicularly to the top surface and opposed to the first side panel, and a front panel positioned substantially perpendicularly to the top surface and the first and second side panels. In one embodiment of the invention, the base is modular and may be easily and repeatedly assembled and disassembled for servicing, maintenance, reconfiguration, shipping and/or relocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Arthur Kubach
  • Patent number: 8579242
    Abstract: An elevating mechanism for a projection apparatus includes a bottom cover, a resetting element having a first elastic member, a sliding mount, a screw stud sleeve, a screw stud, and a second elastic member. The sliding mount is disposed on a first side of the bottom cover and leans against the resetting element, and the sliding mount has an opening, at least one slot and a thread structure. The screw stud sleeve has a plurality of engaging teeth engaging within the slot. The screw stud has a thread structure and the thread structure of the screw stud meshes with the thread structure of the sliding mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chang Huang, Fan-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 8531836
    Abstract: The position of an electronic apparatus can be stabilized. At least one of foot portions of a notebook computer includes a height adjustment mechanism consisting of a ground contact member, a height adjustment member, and a screw. Thus, even if a variation in height dimension among the foot portions, deformation of a first housing, or the like causes the first housing to become unsteady, the unsteadiness of the first housing can be cancelled by adjusting the height of the foot portion to any height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Masaru Furujiku, Yoshinari Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 8529655
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dust collector structure, especially a low-cost and simplified dust collector structure, which includes a leg frame set, an air-guiding box and a driving unit. The leg frame set includes two inverted U-shaped frame rods which are integrally formed and correspond to each other. The air-guiding box is arranged across top ends of the two frame rods, and is made by correspondingly closing an upper cover and a lower cover which are formed through integral draw molding. A driving unit for driving a blowing fan is arranged at an end of the air-guiding box. An air-filtering bag and a dust-collecting bag corresponding to each other are arranged at an end opposite to the driving unit on the upper and lower covers of the air-guiding box. Thus, structural components can be greatly simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Chun-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8523124
    Abstract: A protection frame has a frame body and a supporting arm. The frame body is mounted around the portable device. The supporting arm is mounted pivotally on the frame body to allow the user to adjust the propping angle of the portable device. Therefore, the portable device can be used at different visual angles as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Chun Yuan, Chung-Lin Lee, Yu-Feng Lin, Chih-Po Hsu
  • Patent number: 8511636
    Abstract: A household appliance, in particular a dish-rinsing or dish-washing machine, with a base support onto which the appliance unit is mounted and which is supported on a floor by means of appliance feet. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a least one appliance-foot support, which is connected to the base support by means of a tension element, is provided for the base support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Cengiz Kücük, Manfred Seeβle
  • Patent number: 8511637
    Abstract: A bearing (3), preferably elastomeric, which can be employed in machine construction (1), in particular for generators of wind turbines. The bearing (3), owing to its design, can be positioned both in the vertical and also in the horizontal direction under load at any time in such a way that any present drive/gear shafts are aligned with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: FM Energie GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Franz Mitsch
  • Patent number: 8500084
    Abstract: A module (4) in a support structure (5) for container handling machines (2), comprises a connecting bar (6) provided with bearing expansions (7) at its ends, each of the bearing expansions (7) being detachably connectable with a corresponding bearing expansion of another module in such a way as to define a support (8) for a star wheel conveyor (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sidel S.p.A.
    Inventors: Emilio Cavazzini Gainotti, Annalisa Malfatto
  • Patent number: 8491067
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure and a support device. The enclosure includes a securing portion. At least two securing holes are defined in the enclosure. The support device is fixed to the enclosure. The support device includes a protective pad and at least two elastic securing feet. The protective pad is fixed to an outer surface of the enclosure. The at least two elastic securing feet radially extend from the protective pad. Each of the elastic securing feet includes a block portion and a catch portion. The securing feet extend through the securing holes respectively from the outer surface of the enclosure to an inner surface of the enclosure. Each block portion abuts the inner surface of the enclosure. Each catch portion is elastically clasped to the securing portion of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20130181107
    Abstract: A furnace mounting system to elevate the furnace above the floor. In one form the furnace mounting system includes a furnace mounting block including a vibration dampening feature to prevent the transmission of noise and vibration from the furnace to the mounting block. The furnace mounting block includes a locating feature and is adhered to the bottom surface of the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NSA Corporation
    Inventor: NSA Corporation
  • Patent number: 8485492
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, having at least one height-adjustable foot. According to an embodiment the invention, the foot comprises sections with essentially different coefficients of static friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Justis
  • Patent number: 8439322
    Abstract: A mounting post for supporting a plurality of electronic cabinets, each having different bolt patterns, comprising a hollow post configured to receive a hollow mount at the upper end, a stabilizer plate attached to the lower end of the post, and a hollow mount selected from a plurality of hollow mounts, each having a lower end configured to mate to the post, and having a substantially planar upper surface with openings formed therein corresponding to a unique bolt pattern for an electronics cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignees: Windstream Intellectual Property Services, Inc., General Devices Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Skudin, Dennis D. Davis, David W. Willis
  • Patent number: 8403288
    Abstract: A supporting mechanism for supporting a device includes a rotating member rotatably coupled to the device, and a supporting member rotatably coupled to the rotating member and being foldable on the device. The rotating member is capable of being rotated from a first position to a second position. When the rotating member is rotated to a first position, the unfolded supporting member supports the device in a first orientation; when the rotating member is rotated to a second position, the supporting member supports the device in a second orientation different from the first orientation. A device having the supporting mechanism is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Quan-Chang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8403286
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device includes a top bracket, a side bracket, and a pivoting member. The top bracket includes a pair of sidewalls cooperatively defining a receiving space to receive an inkjet head. The side bracket includes a pair of sidewalls cooperatively defining a receiving space to receive the top bracket. The pivoting member includes a pair of sidewalls cooperatively defining a receiving space to receive an inkjet head. The pivoting member is rotatably mounted in the receiving space of the side bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hsing Cheng, Hsing-Yi Hu, Wuu-Jyi Lin
  • Publication number: 20130056613
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting a mounting foot to a base pan comprises a grommet, a mounting foot and a fastener. The grommet includes a body, an upper post and a lower post. The upper post extends from a first end the body and the lower post extends from a second end of the body. The upper post has a shoulder. The mounting foot has a mount opening for receiving the upper post. The mount opening has a diameter. The fastener is received on the upper post, and maintains the mounting foot on the upper post. The mounting foot has a thickness less than the thickness of the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Holly Thomas
  • Patent number: 8356790
    Abstract: A stand is provided. The stand is connected to a back cover of an object, and comprises a holding element; a positioning element disposed on the holding element; an elastic element having a hole and a first positioning portion, wherein the first positioning portion is engaged with a positioning slot of the back cover; and a fixing element fixing the elastic element to the holding element through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsiung Wu, Chien-Chung Wu
  • Patent number: 8317169
    Abstract: A generally mushroom-shaped vibration isolator having a broad cap and a smaller diameter stem that is used for safety enhancement between a heavy furnace, air conditioning unit, storage hot water heater tank, or other fluid-producing unit, and a fluid-collecting pan positioned under it. Vibration isolator stems are placed within indentations in raised areas of the pan and comprise highly impact-resistant materials, temperature-resistant materials, provide enhanced air movement and heat deflection around a furnace/unit/tank, reduce after-installation furnace/unit/tank movement, and meet furnace non-combustible clearance requirements. The cap has a broad underside surface, top surface radially-extending ribs and cutouts, and may have a slightly convex top, while the stem has at least one outwardly-depending wedge-shaped projection that is sufficiently flared-out to flip over as it is inserted into an indentation for a tight fit within several sizes of indentation, as well as removal resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Christopher Ralph Cantolino
  • Patent number: 8276859
    Abstract: An equipment mounting and aligning device including a base having an upwardly facing convex portion and a swivel pad having a downwardly facing concave portion, the swivel pad being pivotally supported on the base by means of the complimentary concave and convex portions which, when joined, interact to allow the swivel pad to pivot to compensate for a piece of equipment's bent or irregular mounting feet and for uneven mounting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Reliability Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: John Phillip Caddell
  • Patent number: 8267368
    Abstract: An electronic device of the present invention includes a plate-shaped stand member rotatably attached to a back surface of the housing, and a holding member capable of holding the stand member at a predetermined upright support angle with respect to the back surface of the housing, wherein the holding member regulates the rotation of the stand member at a predetermined rotation angle exceeding the upright support angle from a stored position with respect to the housing. With such a configuration, an electronic device such as a portable television can be provided, in which a stand is unlikely to be broken even when the electronic device topples over and a pressing force further is applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Torii, Masahiro Mizuta
  • Patent number: 8262054
    Abstract: A furnace mounting system to elevate the furnace above the floor. In one form the furnace mounting system includes a furnace mounting block including a vibration dampening feature to prevent the transmission of noise and vibration from the furnace to the mounting block. The furnace mounting block includes a locating feature and is adhered to the bottom surface of the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: NSA Corporation
    Inventor: Mark A. Stansbury
  • Patent number: 8262038
    Abstract: A stabilizer device for connecting to the bottom support surface of a machine or article of equipment for supporting such equipment on a floor surface having a foot-actuated rotor for adjusting the length of the stabilizer shank and thereby stabilizing and balancing such equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: Larry G. Hallet
  • Patent number: 8243432
    Abstract: An exemplary support mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a seat, a button, a support member, and a hinge assembly. The seat defines a cavity. The button is received in the cavity. The support member includes a knuckle portion. The knuckle portion is received in the cavity. The button abuts against the support member. The hinge assembly connects the knuckle portion to the seat. When the button is pressed to force the hinge assembly to unlock, the hinge assembly drives the support member to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Chao Duan, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20120193506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus which can improve a tact time of substrate processing. A polishing apparatus as the substrate processing apparatus includes plural polishing sections each for polishing a semiconductor wafer (W), and a swing transporter for transferring the wafer (W). The swing transporter includes a wafer clamp mechanism adapted to clamp the wafer (W), a vertically moving mechanism for vertically moving the wafer clamp mechanism along a frame of a casing of the polishing section, and a swing mechanism for swinging the wafer clamp mechanism about a shaft adjacent to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki Nishida, Hiroomi Torii, Soichi Isobe, Tadakazu Sone, Ryuichi Kosuge, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hiroshi Sotozaki, Takao Mitsukura, Takahiro Ogawa, Kenichi Sugita
  • Patent number: 8220760
    Abstract: A household appliance, particularly a dishwasher or washing machine, having a height-adjusting device for an appliance pedestal. The height-adjusting device may include at least one drive gear engaged with a transmission drive converting the rotary motion of the drive gear into a lift motion of the appliance pedestal. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the drive gear includes a torque-limiting element operable to enable a deflecting motion of the drive gear from an operating position when a limit torque is exceeded, and which releases the engagement between the drive gear and the transmission drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Fetzer, Manfred Seeβle
  • Patent number: 8220770
    Abstract: A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, having at least one height-adjustable foot. According to an embodiment the invention, the foot comprises sections with essentially different coefficients of static friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Justis
  • Patent number: 8191852
    Abstract: A system and method for elevating a portion of a laptop relative to a support surface to improve underbody ventilation by obtaining one or more removable blocks having a tacky surface on one face of the block, removably adhering the tacky surface to either the laptop support surface or the underside of the laptop, and positioning the laptop on the support surface such that the removable block elevates a portion of the laptop above the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Wheatley
  • Publication number: 20120074292
    Abstract: An adjustable bearing foot assembly for installation in a base plate, for example a base plate of a crane sub-assembly, including a threaded nut comprising an inner thread; a bearing foot having an outer thread; and a securing element with which the bearing foot can be fixed, rotationally secure, in the threaded nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: DIERK SCHRÖDER
  • Patent number: 8141841
    Abstract: The invention includes a method for manufacturing a machine foot (1) and a machine foot (1). A machine foot (1) of the present type consists of a spindle (8), which is in the top screwn into the device which is to be supported and is in the bottom fastened to a base part (20). The spindle (8) can be turned in relation to the base part (20) in an angle (10). It is characteristic of the invention that the spindle (8) in the end, which is situated in the base part (20) is enclosed by a ball part (6,7), which consists of an upper part (7) and a lower part (6) and is fastened to the ball part (6,7) by engagement with a locking ring (11) which is also enclosed by the ball part (6,7). The ball part (6,7) is cast into a polymer material (3) whereby the end of the spindle (8) in the base part (20) is efficiently enclosed and closed from access of impurities, filth or bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: NGI ApS
    Inventors: Lars von Lillienskjold, Knud Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20120055311
    Abstract: A cutting tool has a table for placing a workpiece thereon. A cutting unit is mounted to the table. A support leg device includes a support leg, an operation member and a motion conversion mechanism. The motion conversion mechanism is coupled between the support leg and the operation member, so that the movement of the operation member is converted into the movement of the support leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shibata
  • Publication number: 20110297812
    Abstract: A turbomachine foot unit with a plurality of feet is provided. The plurality of feet is fastened to a turbomachine. The turbomachine stands upright on a horizontal base. The turbomachine foot includes fastening devices for fastening the feet to the base. At least one of the feet is mounted in a horizontally moveable manner relative to one of the fastening devices fastening the foot to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastian Huth, Marcus Meyer, Wolfgang Zacharias