Patents Represented by Law Firm McClew & Tuttle
  • Patent number: 5630452
    Abstract: A special design of a funnel for filling liquids safely especially into nontransparent containers, e.g., fuel tanks of lawn mowers. To indicate the filling level of the container, a measuring rod of a float is guided in a perforated plate of the funnel. Passage slots, through which the liquid filled into the funnel can enter the container, are located in the funnel tube under the perforated plate. Due to buoyancy, the float strikes the underside of the perforated plate, and as a result it prevents the container from being overfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Inventors: Dieter Schmid, Oliver Schmid
  • Patent number: 4813140
    Abstract: A lawn and bush cutting device comprises a housing mounted for rotation about an axis with a drive shaft fixed to the housing and drivable by a motor for rotating the housing. A wire cylinder is coaxially mounted in the housing and can be held fixed with respect to the housing for rotation therewith. A supply of cutting wire is wound on the wire cylinder, or on a reel rotatably fixed to the wire cylinder. A length of the wire extends out of the housing to act as a cutting tool when the housing rotates. A sleeve member is axially movable in the housing and has helical coupling piece which are coupled to helical piece in the cylinder. Axial movement of the sleeve thus causes relative rotation between the wire cylinder and housing, thus paying out additional lengths of wire from the housing. A ring is axially moveable but rotationally fixed to the sleeve and can be moved downwardly by cable operated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Inventor: Maria R. Calcinai