Patents Represented by Law Firm Blair & Brown
  • Patent number: 4103511
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement for a machine tool in which a driving element and a driven component are constrained from relative twisting by guide pins and are further coupled to transmit torque therethrough. The coupling mechanism is provided with an external release lever so that the faces of the driving and driven elements are in complete registry when so coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Firma Kress elektrik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Willy Kress, Josef Seifert
  • Patent number: 4099634
    Abstract: A combined motor puller and stand having a forked leg base, on rollers. A vertical column is hydraulically adjustable in height and the top of this column has a horizontal arm, with a roller carriage within the arm. Midway along the vertical column there is a moveable, adjustable fixture for attachment to the transmission plate of some motor, for further security to a motor that is suspended by the puller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Inventors: Robert Lee McIntire, Timothy Lee McIntire
  • Patent number: 4094265
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device in collapsible anchors of the type having two shanks each with a sharp-pointed fluke. The ends of the shanks opposite the flukes are provided with inclined portions with through-holes. A bolt, suitably provided with a ring for an anchor line or chain extends through the holes. The bolt, which is intended to rest with an end abutment against one outer side of the mutually adjacent, inclined portions is provided with a resilient washer which fixes the portions in a parallel position. At least one section projecting radially from the bolt hole of one portion is located at a greater distance from the bolt hole than an opposing surface adjacent the second inclined portion. This opposing surface is located such that the projecting section is shiftable out of and into fixed position after shifting of the one inclined portion in a direction away from the second inclined portion against the action of the resilient washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Inventor: Arvid Isaksson
  • Patent number: 4092027
    Abstract: A portable practice golf driving range including a tethered golf ball which is driven from an area of artificial turf. The tethering is of nylon cord which is connected to a spring steel spike driven into the ground, the spring steel being of sufficient resiliency that the ball will not be torn free from the nylon cord. Tension on the artificial turf may be adjusted to alter the characteristic lie of the golf ball when it is being driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Inventor: Lee T. Carter
  • Patent number: 4089554
    Abstract: A camper cooking and dining unit which can be withdrawn from the rear of a stationwagon or truck and unfolded to produce a complete kitchen and table unit for dining and cooking meals. The unit includes an icebox, cooking stove, wash basin and many storage compartments for food and cooking and dining utensils. The unit is supported by arms extending from the bumper of the vehicle which hinge as the unit is unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Inventor: Donald R. Myers
  • Patent number: 4085649
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an arrangement of bolt assemblies for connecting one element with another element, the bolt assembly comprising several bolt and hydraulic nut units which each consist of an outer nut and an inner nut which is exteriorly threaded for engagement with the outer nut and is interiorly threaded for engagement with the threads on the bolt, and of a hydraulic component comprising an annular cylinder and an annular piston, the hydraulic component being intended to be placed about the bolt between the nuts and one of the elements, possibly with an interjacent member placed between the element and the hydraulic component, and by means of which hydraulic unit, the bolt can be stretched via one of the nuts for permitting mounting of the other of the nuts in abutment against the hydraulic component which then serves as a form of washer between the nut and the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1978
    Assignee: Chris-Marin I Malmo AB
    Inventor: Nils Artur Christensson
  • Patent number: 4084341
    Abstract: A detachable gun lock having a back plate carrying a post which engages through the trigger guard of a handgun and cooperates with a combination lock controlled bolt to maintain the post in the trigger guard to prevent the weapon from being fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Inventor: Ramon H. Cervantes
  • Patent number: 4083421
    Abstract: A two speed motorcycle hub transmission in which the wheel may be driven at a one to one, or at a lower speed by a sliding clutch changing the drive from having the wheel locked to the drive shaft, to a planetary system the drive shaft driving the sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Inventors: Ronald L. Van Horn, Donald R. Van Horn, Roy B. Van Horn
  • Patent number: 4082330
    Abstract: A door lock, such as would be used on truck bodies to securely fasten the big rear doors, or which is easily opened to remove merchandise stored in the truck. A locking rod runs vertically the length of the door, with a pivotable handle attached at a reachable height from the bottom, the handle being raised to clear the lock, and then rotated a quarter to half revolution, to thereby rotate the locking rod and free it from hasps at top and bottom of the rod. A spur extends out from the handle and has a series of stepped shoulders which progressively enter the lock to secure the handle against movement when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Inventor: Delmer L. McWhorter
  • Patent number: 4079766
    Abstract: A drill bit having a central shank having an "S" shaped cutter integrally formed on or detachably secured to the shank. A collar is detachably secured to the shank above the cutter and is keyed to the cutter to prevent rotation of the collar. A generally flat secondary cutter is secured to the collar and has a plurality of depending cutter elements on the peripheral edge thereof as well as a plurality of radially extending chisel cutters depending therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1978
    Inventors: Beecher E. Conley, Thomas M. Palmer
  • Patent number: 4078438
    Abstract: A power transmission unit which translates reciprocating motion to one-way rotary motion through a rack and drive gears connected through one-way clutches to a gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Inventor: Raymond E. Starbard
  • Patent number: 4074832
    Abstract: A food dispenser including a relatively large hopper for holding a supply of dry or granular type food, and a downwardly tapering section leading to a manually movable control door which dispenses a predetermined quantity of the food. Attached to the control door, and actuated thereby, are a plurality of intermeshing pegs, movable in the tapering section, to break up dry products which have a tendency to stick or pack together, thereby always assuring that the control door will dispense an accurate amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Inventor: John J. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 4073082
    Abstract: A truck bumper attachment for use with wideload signs, having spring urged telescoping C-clamps for fastening onto the truck bumper and also telescoping supports for the sign so as to be useful with a plurality of sign sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Inventor: Delmer L. McWhorter
  • Patent number: 4073083
    Abstract: A fishing worm threader which includes a handle having a threading needle projecting therefrom with the threading needle having in its sharpened tip end a pocket to receive the point of a fish hook. The needle is threaded through a worm either alive or artificial and the point of a fish hook is placed in the socket of the needle so that the worm can be moved from the needle onto the fish hook so as to be threaded onto the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Inventor: Chester B. Davis
  • Patent number: 4073192
    Abstract: An adjustable volume measuring cup in which the body of the cup is formed of clear plastic having a threaded opening in the axial center of the bottom thereof closed with a removable screw. A handle is threaded into the side of the cup and can be removed. A movable bottom of the cup is of cylindrical form and fits the internal diameter of the cup snugly so as to stay in position vertically in the cup when moved. The movable bottom has an axial threaded bore and the handle can be threaded into the threaded bore of the movable bottom by extending the handle through the opening left after removing the screw in the bottom of the cup so that the handle can then be used to move the movable bottom to a desired position within the cup in accordance with an external scale on the cup.The handle is provided with a screwdriver blade on its outer end for engaging the screw closing the opening in the bottom of the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Inventor: Richard F. Townsend
  • Patent number: 4069651
    Abstract: An enclosure mountable on a rotary type lawn mower for completely isolating the rotating blade so that it cannot be accidentally contacted by a person's hands or feet, nor the blade be readily hit against upward projecting rocks; the enclosure consisting of a circular metal shield from the periphery of which steel fingers extend radially and downwardly so to form a cage within which the blade swings, the shield having a central opening for fitting on and rotating with respect to the motor shaft housing and positioned above the blade so to rotate and spread the cut grass as it moves outwardly from the blade and rotate on engaging an object as well as rotate due to the reaction of the uncut grass on the fingers during a grass cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Inventor: Richard S. Steffen
  • Patent number: 4067278
    Abstract: A method of decorating a fabric in which an elongate strip of fabric is sewed to a base fabric along a line spaced inwardly from the edge of the strip of fabric. The base fabric with strips sewed thereto is then washed in a washing machine so as to cause the edges of the strips of fabric outside of the line of stitching to fray and to thus take on a decorative appearance. The invention also includes the fabric produced by this method with the strips of material being arranged in any desired decorative pattern on the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Inventor: Eugene B. Davis
  • Patent number: 4065226
    Abstract: A means to monitor the depth of water in a well and to prevent a pump from operating if the water level falls to a predetermined level, consisting of float and weight means operating a depth indicator and cutoff switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Inventor: Gordon M. Campbell
  • Patent number: 4065184
    Abstract: A plow cutter assembly to be used in the strip mining of coal, the assembly comprising a container having a plurality of steel spikes mounted at an angle on its lower face. A hoist pulls the assembly along the face of a coal vein and the spikes shave off layers of coal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Inventor: John M. Tipper
  • Patent number: 4062206
    Abstract: A locking load binder having a conical lock tongue mounted on the handle and a keeper link secured to the yoke on one side of the handle and adapted to cooperate with the lock tongue to secure the handle thereto. The lock tongue includes cam driven locking balls which cooperate with the keeper link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Inventor: Delmer L. McWhorter