Patents Represented by Law Firm Jeffers, Irish & Hoffman
  • Patent number: 4489764
    Abstract: A coil winding and inserting device of the type where a coil form is engaged by coil placer tooling and a flyer revolves about that form generating coil turns while previously formed turns migrate along the coil form and into the placer tooling has an improved arrangement for maintaining formed coils in position within the coil placer tooling comprising spring biased pins located about the periphery of the coil placer tooling for restricting unwinding of the coils while those coils reside in the coil placer tooling as well as wire spring members tending to restrict coil expansion axially toward the coil form and flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Industra Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Walker
  • Patent number: 4486947
    Abstract: Relatively large coils or windings are positioned in relatively lengthy stator cores with the aid of a coil placing machine by placing coils over certain finger elements of the machine, revolving the set of finger elements and corresponding insulating wedge guides and placing further coils over other of the finger elements. Thereafter, a dynamoelectric machine stator core is positioned in axial alignment with the finger elements with one end face thereof engaging the wedge guide ends and with the finger element free ends just entering the bore of the stator core. A stripper and the plurality of finger elements are moved together along the bore of the core to lead side turn portions of the coils into and along respective core slots whereupon movement of at least some of the finger elements is halted while movement of at least the stripper continues to complete placement of the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: Industra Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Walker
  • Patent number: 4481700
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a hole with at most one line of symmetry in, for example, a sheet metal panel is disclosed wherein a plurality of holes are first drilled in the panel and thereafter a punch is positioned on one side of the panel and a die on the other side which are threadedly coupled together by a plurality of bolts passing through the panel holes so that tightening one or more of the bolts will draw the punch and die toward one another forming the desired hole. Typically, a central one of three bolts is tightened to perform the cutting operation while the remaining two are primarily for punch and die alignment purposes but may also be tightened to compensate for misalignment or when cutting a particularly heavy gauge sheet metal panel. Additional threaded holes in the die may be provided for threadedly ejecting a slug cut from a panel and additional punch supported pointed screws for center-punching the panel for a subsequent drilling operation may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Inventor: Larry Redmon
  • Patent number: 4475923
    Abstract: A chemically treated kindling and process for the production thereof wherein the kindling is comprised of a pressed mixture of wood fibers, alum, and cornstarch, and is saturated with a prepared composition comprising a plurality of chemically distinct compositions, each of the compositions containing a different predetermined amount of refined petroleum wax and refined oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Inventor: Roscoe T. Earlywine
  • Patent number: 4475428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a keyer capture system for an electronic keyboard musical instrument, such as an electronic organ. The system is particularly adapted for the situation wherein a relatively low number of notes are required to be captured at one time, such as in the case of the pedals. The system is responsive to serial data for the pedals and the two keyers are captured on a priority basis with the master keyer given preference. If the note is already captured by the other keyer, then that note will not be captured by the keyer which is receiving the keydown pulse for that note, and a recirculating shift register for each keyer keeps track of which note that keyer has captured. The system is capable of being easily integrated into an electronic organ wherein the pedal data is in serial time division multiplexed format, and can be implemented as an accessory wherein it is desired to generate the pedal data from the lowest actuated key on one of the manuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Billy J. Whittington, Joseph E. Macke
  • Patent number: 4473058
    Abstract: A bow and arrow rest which includes a cantilever in the form of an extending free and of a wire which is pivotably mounted near the middle of a bow and movable on that pivot between an extended position to underlie and support an arrow shaft as a bow string is drawn and then released, and a retracted position so as to not interfere with passage of the rearward portion of the arrow. The cantilever is biased toward the extended position by a permanent magnet acting on the end of the wire opposite the end which supports the arrow. In a preferred form the wire is pivotably supported by an L-shaped bracket with the bracket being mounted to the bow by a bolt which also provides lateral positioning of the arrow on the arrow rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Inventor: Edgell R. Terry
  • Patent number: 4469141
    Abstract: A reciprocating double lift dobby operating an open shed has a pair of drive members 1, 2 which reciprocate at half the loom frequency and 180 degrees out of phase, one above and the other below a series of shafts 3 which are connected one to each of the loom harnesses and each of which is movable by either drive member between a pair of stationary positions, corresponding to the base positions of the open shed, when required to do so by the weave pattern. One of the stationary positions is defined by a fixed member 5 engaging a stop 15 on the shaft 3, and the other is defined by a catch 8 which engages a lug 18 on the shaft. In each loom cycle, each shaft 3 will either remain in one or other of the stationary positions or will be moved from one to the other depending on the positions adopted by linked selection levers 9, 10, 20 which are controlled by the weave pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventor: Abdul W. Omar
  • Patent number: 4469382
    Abstract: A remote control locking mechanism is provided for a modular desk assembly, pedestals, cabinets and like assemblies which permits the various storage compartments to be moved about and yet still be locked and unlocked irrespective of their location relative to a remote control lock actuator. Each of the various storage compartments has a locking device attached thereto which is connected to the remote control lock actuator by a cable which is slidably encased within a sheath. The sheath has one end anchored at the particular storage compartment and its opposite end anchored at the remote control lock actuator. One end of the cable is connected to the locking device of the storage compartment and its opposite end connected to a moving device within the remote control lock actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew A. Slaats, Jay M. Henriott, Paul R. Hedinger, Steven F. Trinkel
  • Patent number: 4458810
    Abstract: Scent impregnated tissues are provided in a substantially airtight container having a resealable lid. The tissues have disposed between selected ones thereof individual scent-carrying layers carrying a scent-producing material therewith. The arranged scent-carrying layers uniformly impregnate the absorbent disposable tissues with the scent thereof, and the container and lid insure that the tissues and layers remain in a virtually hermetically sealed environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Inventor: Pamela Mahoney
  • Patent number: 4455229
    Abstract: A magnetic water conditioner having a plurality of permanent magnet cores therein wherein each of the cores is shielded by an individual collector sleeve so that the magnetic lines of force produced by the respective magnets are isolated from each other. This results in the lines of force intersecting the water flowing through the treatment chambers in a more radial direction so as to treat the water more effectively. The unit is easily disassemblable and is adapted to have a plurality of empty sleeves mounted therein so as to bypass around the magnets a portion of the water flowing through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Kemtune, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Sanderson, Eric F. Bruot
  • Patent number: 4452237
    Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention is used to administer therapeutic acupressure to various points or areas of the body in order to temporarily relieve certain body ailments. The apparatus comprises a plate vertically mounted on a wall structure, an arm having one end rotatably connected to an upper portion of the plate, the arm and the plate being in juxtaposed relation, a bar secured to the opposite end of the arm and extending outwardly therefrom, and a knob member removably attached to the remote free end of the bar. The method of using the apparatus of the present invention includes providing an appropriate size knob member to the free end of the bar, adjusting the arm to position the knob member at the height of the body area to be treated, placing the body area in contact with the knob member, and then applying pressure intermittently to the body area in contact with the knob member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Inventor: Tommy K. Lewis
  • Patent number: 4450795
    Abstract: A four-stroke piston engine in which air is drawn into a cylinder while rotary motion about the cylinder axis is imparted to the air. Fuel may be blown/injected into the air during its rotation in the cylinder while the fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel directed radially outwardly and which jet of fuel in cooperation with the rotating air forms at least one helical stream of mixture within the cylinder, preferably during the compression stroke, which is transformed into a coherent mixture zone enclosed by a ring of air upon completion of compression. The piston may have a recess in the upper end into which the fuel nozzle is received when the piston approaches top dead center so that an enriched region is formed in the recess which can be ignited by electrodes disposed adjacent the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Inventor: Josef Schaich
  • Patent number: 4450796
    Abstract: A four-stroke piston engine in which air or a fuel-air mixture is drawn into a cylinder. Fuel may be injected into the air flowing into or already present in the cylinder while a further fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel during the compression stroke, which jet of fuel in cooperation with the fuel-air mixture forms at least one zone of enriched mixture within the cylinder. The piston may have a recess in the upper end into which the fuel nozzle is received when the piston approaches top dead center so that an enriched zone is formed in the recess or in the region of said recess which can be ignited by electrodes disposed adjacent the further fuel supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Inventor: Josef Schaich
  • Patent number: 4446770
    Abstract: A tone generation system intended primarily for use in electronic musical instruments wherein a digital representation of a harmonically rich waveform is sampled, and a musical tone is produced therefrom. The stored waveform could be the four term Blackman-Harris window function, which has negligible side lobes and thus greatly attenuated higher harmonics. The stored function is read out at a fixed rate, but the time periods between successive readings of the waveform are varied to thereby vary the frequency of the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Bass
  • Patent number: D275220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Inventors: Man H. Lee, Moon W. Lee, Ping N. Lin, Kai C. Chan
  • Patent number: D275406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Visual Information Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: David Battle
  • Patent number: D275968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Visual Information Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: David Battle
  • Patent number: D276169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: Visual Information Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: David Battle
  • Patent number: D276223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Inventor: Raymond L. Kallmyer
  • Patent number: D276444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Visual Information Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: David Battle