Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles E. Baxley, Esq.
  • Meat mincer combination having a mincer device replaceable structure
    Patent number: 6003797
    Abstract: A mincer device includes a housing having an orifice for rotatably receiving a shaft and a barrel which is secured to the shaft and which has an engaging hole. A Rotor is coupled to the shaft for rotating the shaft and the barrel. A casing has a chamber for rotatably receiving a screw and has one end for engaging into the housing and includes a chute extended upward for receiving a seat to be minced. The screw has an engaging end for engaging with the barrel and for allowing the screw to be driven by the shaft. The mincer device may include one or more casings of different screws for allowing the user to easily change the casings of different screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Inventor: David Lin
  • Electrical multi-pole plug-and-socket-type connector with associated socket part
    Patent number: 6004163
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a frame which supports contact modules which are equipped with connections for a corresponding number of conductors of a multi-wire cable. The contact modules and corresponding female modules can be freely combined in their selection and arrangement and can be latched together to form compact module blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Bernd Behling, Ralf Beckman, Klaus Eisert
  • Net device for ball games having a shock absorbing mechanism
    Patent number: 5997420
    Abstract: A net device for a ball game and for securing on a frame includies a woven outer member disposed in the peripheral portion for securing to the frame of the ball game. A resilient member is secured to the peripheral portion or engaged in the woven outer member of the net for increasing the resilience of the net and for allowing the net to be easily attached to the frame of the goal of the ball game. The resilient peripheral portion of the net may be used for absorbing the vibrations and shocks that may be transmitted to the net for preventing the net from being easily damaged by balls and players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Michael Chien
  • Electric elastic clamp
    Patent number: 5993270
    Abstract: Such a clamp has a clamping spring (5) and a busbar (4) on which the pretensioned clamping spring (5) can be placed. One end leg (8) of the clamping spring (5) has a window (9) penetrated by the tongue of the busbar (4), and a spring-tensioned electrical conductor can be fixed between a front edge (12) and the busbar (4). The other end section (14) of the clamping spring (5) abuts a brace of the busbar (4), and the spring forms a flexible joint (6) between its end leg (8) and the end section (14). To make the design and installation simpler, the clamping spring (5) is bent essentially in the form of a circular arc section at its flexible joint (6). Its end leg (8) and end section (14) are bent away from the open side (7) of the arc-shaped flexible joint (6), and the tongue (10) and brace (15) are in a respectively adapted position on the busbar (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignees: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co., Schneider Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Ralf Geske, Herve Grillot, Jean-Luc Bouchard, Christian Pichard
  • Cable connector with stress relief assembly
    Patent number: 5989056
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a housing which supports terminal contacts which have insulation piercing devices. An insulating part can be inserted coaxially into the housing and the housing includes recesses which receive the insulation piercing devices of the terminal contacts. A union nut which can be threaded onto the housing drives the insulating part and serves to fasten and seal the entire cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, (German Corporation)
    Inventors: Ralf Lange, Detlef Nehm-Engelberts
  • Device for styling hair
    Patent number: 5988184
    Abstract: A device for styling hair includes a pair of plates pivotally coupled together at a middle shaft. A pair of combs are pivotally coupled to the lower portions of the plates for allowing the combs to be rotated downward of the plates and to be rotated inward between the plates. The combs each includes a number of outward extended comb teeth for styling the hair. The plates each includes a pair of sleeves disposed in the lower portion. The combs each includes two pins rotatably engaged in the sleeves for pivotally coupling the combs to the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Ying Jen Shu
  • Combination of a rocking chair and an adjustable hassock
    Patent number: 5988753
    Abstract: A rocking chair has two side panels each of which has an engaging hole and a plurality of positioning holes, a first bar and a second bar connected between the two side panels. A footrest has two side plates pivotally connected to the two side panels by a rod extending through the engaging holes and the side plates, each of the two side plates having a match holes so that the footrest is positioned relative to the two side panels by extending two pins through the positioning holes and the match holes. The two side plates can be rested on the first bar. Each of the two side plates has a notch defined therein so that the footrest can be folded between the two side panels by engaging the second bar with the two notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Jing-Long Lin
  • Suspension assemblies for ceiling fans
    Patent number: 5984640
    Abstract: A suspension assembly includes an upper suspension subassembly with an upper end secured to a ceiling, a connecting device including an upper end having a spherical surface engagement relationship with a lower end of the upper suspension subassembly, and a lower suspension subassembly including an upper end having a spherical surface engagement relationship with a lower end of the connecting device and a lower end securely attached to a motor for driving a ceiling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Sen-Kun Hsu
    Inventor: Yuh-Shyong Wang
  • High pressure hose coupling
    Patent number: 5979868
    Abstract: A hose coupling includes an element having one end coupled to a pressurized liquid source and the other end having a valve seat, and a barrel secured to the other end of the element. A stop member is secured between the barrel and the element. A valve member is slidably engaged in the element and has a valve stem slidably engaged in an aperture. The valve stem has a head for engaging with the valve member and biased to engage with the valve member. An insert is slidably engaged in the barrel and has a pusher for disengaging the head from the valve member. A spring may bias the insert away from the stop member, and a connector may engage into the barrel for forcing the insert to disengage the head from the valve member and for allowing the pressurized liquid to flow through the hose coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventors: Jean-Ton Wu, Yau-Jean Hung
  • Ceiling fan housing
    Patent number: 5975847
    Abstract: A ceiling fan housing includes a cylindrical member having a bottom portion and having a cover engaged on the upper portion. A frame includes a number of panels each having an upper ear extended radially inward for engaging with the cover and each having a bottom extension extended radially inward for engaging with the bottom portion of the cylindrical member and for allowing the panels to secure the cylindrical member and the cover together. The frame includes a bottom ring, the extensions of the panels are extended radially outward from the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Jack Yu
  • Adjustable plier device
    Patent number: 5970827
    Abstract: A plier device includes a pair of beams each having a handle and a jaw. One of the beam has a channel formed in the middle portion, the other beam includes a shaft slidably engaged in the channel for allowing the jaws to be widely opened and includes one or more pivotally coupled wheels engaged between the beams for allowing the jaws to be easily and quickly moved toward each other to engage with the object to be clamped. A lever is pivotally coupled to the shaft and has a number of teeth for engaging with a projection of the beam and for allowing the jaws of the beams to be solidly forced toward each other in order to solidly clamp the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Chien-Jung Lin
  • Multi-purpose tool box
    Patent number: 5967641
    Abstract: A tool box includes a cover mounted to a base which receives a receiving member, an extension rod, a collapsible member and a light means therein which is actuated by a switch member disposed to the box. The receiving member receives a plurality of bits and is pivotally disposed to the base member, a spring member is disposed between the base member and an underside of the receiving member to pop up the receiving member when the cover is opened. The extension rod can be inserted into a polygonal passage defined in an end of the box so as to connect with a bit. The collapsible member has a magnetic member disposed to a distal end thereof so as to magnetically adhere bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Sung, Yan-Shing Lee
  • Ratchet screw driver
    Patent number: 5967003
    Abstract: A ratchet screw driver includes a handle having a tube and having a number of ratchet teeth and a driving stem rotatably engaged in the tube. A follower is slidably engaged on the driving stem and includes a number of ratchet teeth for engaging with the ratchet teeth of the handle. A spring may bias the ratchet teeth of the follower to engage with the ratchet teeth of the handle for allowing the driving stem to be rotated in an active direction by the handle and to be rotated freely relative to the handle when the handle is rotated in the reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventor: Ching Chou Lin
  • Wrench
    Patent number: D415402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventor: See Bang Learng
  • Holder for bath accessory
    Patent number: D416153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Lien-Fu Chen
  • Post for bath accessory
    Patent number: D416419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Lien-Fu Chen
  • Soap dish holder
    Patent number: D416730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Lien-Fu Chen
  • Towel holder
    Patent number: D417112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Lien-Fu Chen
  • Wrench
    Patent number: D417374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Ching Chen
  • Towel bar post
    Patent number: D417995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventor: Lien-Fu Chen