Patents Represented by Law Firm Blair & Brown
  • Electronic time piece automatic calibrating device
    Patent number: 4204167
    Abstract: An automatic timepiece calibrating device which utilizes the time signal given by any broadcasting station to provide calibration automatically once every 24 hours, a logic electronic timer device being adapted to switch on a receiver once in every 24 hours so that the receiver will generate an impulse immediately after receipt of a time signal from a broadcasting station. The time signal is passed by means of a tuning circuit and converted to impulses which are counted and, if the count corresponds to the signal the counter output impulse resets the internal state of electronic timepiece so that the time display is restarted from zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Inventor: Yung-Ho Liu
  • Amusement device
    Patent number: 4202130
    Abstract: An amusement device for young children to be mounted on a safety belt in an automobile designed to occupy the child's attention during automobile trips, the device including knobs to be turned and buttons to be pushed. The device includes lights, and a switch that will permit operation of the lights when the device is properly mounted on the safety belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Inventor: Terry G. Smith
  • Horse anti-bucking trainer
    Patent number: 4199921
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for training horses. The apparatus contains an induction coil powered by batteries. It may be activated manually, remotely, or automatically by means of an inertia switch. It contains a neon light that operates whenever current flows from the induction coil. This indicator light shines brightly whenever the current passes from one electrode to the other. It serves to indicate when the unit is operating and in adjusting the inertia switch to the gravity force needed for its activation. A series of resistors and a potentiometer offer a selection of voltages after the current emerges from the induction coil. The unit is mounted on the rear billet of the saddle. The current reaches the horse through electrodes which protrude through the billet. These electrodes remain in contact with the horse. The unaltered high voltage current is used to teach a horse not to buck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Inventor: Harold E. Watkins
  • Twisting car
    Patent number: 4200304
    Abstract: This invention is to provide a kind of sporting toy car for children, which mainly raises children's interest in toys of this type and provides a wholesome physical exercise for children playing with it to promote their growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Inventor: Chuang-Li Hwang
  • Level gauge calibration apparatus
    Patent number: 4198848
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process simulator for substituting a vessel that is to be measured. In any process where the liquid level is to be measured by a pressure instrument and where a bubble system is used to obtain the measurement, the process simulator provides an accurate comparative apparatus. It includes a tank containing the liquid which communicates with a bubble pipe removeably inserted into the tank in which the bubble pipe communicates with an air line. Seals are provided at the intersection of the bubble pipe and the tank to provide a sure fit and a scale indicator is disposed upon the tank to provide a technique for aligning comparative levels on the bubble pipe with their marks thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Inventor: Daniel R. Mealey
  • Collapsible traffic cone marker
    Patent number: 4197807
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a collapsible traffic cone marker characterized by a cylindrical base portion having one open face, an upwardly extending spiral reflective marker capable of collapsing and nesting within the base portion, and a bolt mechanism which can retain the spiral reflector within the casing when actuated or when released can allow the spiral spring to extend upwardly thereby approximating a conventional conical traffic marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Inventor: Bruce E. Campbell
  • Automatic thermostat set-back control system
    Patent number: 4196848
    Abstract: A set-back control is disclosed which operates relays which are wired in series with heating, ventilating and air conditioning control circuits to effect reduction of energy to maintain building temperatures on a scheduled basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Inventor: Roger Falkenstein
  • Concrete lifter
    Patent number: 4194726
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for inexpensively removing pieces of concrete and similar types of material from an installed location by means of an inverted F-shaped concrete remover. This remover has an additional leg parallel to the two horizontal legs that form the F but it is disposed at the extremity remote from the other horizontal legs in an opposite sense. A hydraulic jack is associated with this machine to provide pressure on the last named leg and remove portions of concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Inventor: Sammy M. Hance
  • Flexible sewer line support
    Patent number: 4194711
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flexible support structure suitably fashioned to accommodate external sewer lines and water lines that are commonly used in mobile homes, campers and trailers and the like. A series of inter-connected troughs are provided with means for fastening the lengths together and are additionally provided with structure which allows stands to support the troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Inventor: Leroy Winton
  • Jack
    Patent number: 4190233
    Abstract: A jack is provided that is adapted to be used for lifting and handling heavy objects or loads such as vehicle engines, heads, manifolds, air conditioners and the like. The jack includes a means for permitting the device to be motor operated or manually operated. The jack is mounted on swivel wheels and the jack can be maneuvered in various directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Inventor: Charles J. B. Godfrey
  • Contact lens saving devices
    Patent number: 4188674
    Abstract: This invention relates in general to a contact lens saving device fabricated of plastic or a suitable material. Said device being composed of a locating ring which fits over the metal closure stopper of a sink or basin, and having an upper structure being so perforated with holes which allows for free passage of water in a sink or basin while preventing the loss of a contact lens which on occasion is dropped into the sink or basin by accident. The device has a gripper knob for the insertion or removal into some drain openings where it is necessary and is completely portable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Inventor: Louis C. Mardirosian
  • Door strike
    Patent number: 4189175
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved door strike noteworthy in its ability to resist forced entry when disposed upon a door. The structure includes a member adapted to be inserted in the doorjamb and its associated studs having a cylindrical tang for deep insertion therein, a body portion having a hollowed rectanguloid configuration with a tapered curvilinear top surface attached to the tang, and on the side opposite the tang connected to the body portion is a cylindrical disk portion hving a semi-circular step upper portion remote from the tang with a groove and a lip to allow registry with the mating jimmey proof door piece which has an upstanding projection fashioned to fit in the lip and groove of the security device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Inventor: Lee C. Paxton
  • Safety indicator for automobile braking system
    Patent number: 4188613
    Abstract: An indicator for evaluating the condition of a brake system defined by a pair of conductors operatively connected to an indicator bulb circuit embedded within the brake lining. One conductor shows when the lining touches the brake drum while the second conductor shows when the lining is excessively thin. The conductor's alignment in the lining is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1980
    Inventors: Chieh-Pang Yang, Chia-Hsiang Wong
  • Coin operated battery charger and charging system check
    Patent number: 4184580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structure for fast charging six or twelve volt storage batteries from a compact coin operated station. In addition, it is also provided herein to check the charging system and voltage output in any vehicle associated with a six or twelve volt battery. Besides the checking capabilities mentioned above, this system is also suitable for checking the starting system, and the battery itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Inventor: Austin J. Ellis, Jr.
  • Animal kick restrainer
    Patent number: 4183326
    Abstract: A kick restrainer for an animal such as a cow which is arranged to be attached to a pair of vertically spaced bars which may form part of an animal stall or the like including upper and lower brackets arranged to be retained in a clamped position on the bars with a vertically extending support rod having an animal restraining member slidably mounted in the brackets, the upper bracket having a spring connected to the rod for urging the rod upwardly into an extended position and the lower bracket provided with a manually operated jack device for releasably retaining the support rod in an adjustable vertical position and for manually moving the support rod downwardly against the urging force of the spring on the upper bracket to position the restraining member against the back of an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Inventor: Charlie R. Wills
  • Method for making file teeth
    Patent number: 4182204
    Abstract: A method for making file teeth including a punch and anvil that forms part of a die set. A strip of metal is positioned on the die set so that by moving the punch into engagement with the strip of metal, a plurality of file teeth will be formed from the strip of metal and simultaneously coined sharpened in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Inventor: James A. Coon
  • Foot-operated rotary massaging device
    Patent number: 4180063
    Abstract: A foot-operated rotatory massaging device having a crank shaft, a pair of pedal axles connected to the opposite ends of the crank shaft, a pedal rotatably carried by each pedal axle and at least an eccentric massaging member or a stimulating member carried on each pedal axle. The device may either be an independent floor-mounted unit or form a part of a bicycle to also serve as a propelling unit therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Oichi
    Inventor: Toshio Takeuchi
  • Combined waterfall and garden pond
    Patent number: D255142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Inventor: Clarence F. Abbott
  • Garden pond
    Patent number: D255143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Inventor: Clarence F. Abbott
  • Combined waterfall and garden pond
    Patent number: D255144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Inventor: Clarence F. Abbott