Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael H. Minns
  • Patent number: 6079181
    Abstract: A knockdown unit comprising a framework for holding one or more panels and one or more doors, having two outside vertical jambs; at least one vertical mullion; at least one horizontal frame member; at least one sill frame member; the vertical jambs, the at least one vertical mullion, the at least one sill frame member and the at least one horizontal frame member being connectable at a job site to form the knockdown unit, an upper end of each vertical jamb being connected to the at least one horizontal frame member, a lower end of one vertical jamb being connected to a sill frame member, a lower end of the at least one vertical mullion being connected to at least one sill frame member, an upper end of the at least one vertical mullion being connected to the at least one horizontal frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventor: Robert O. Ruff
  • Patent number: 6047440
    Abstract: A non-rotatable pinion cap for use on a non-handed door closer where both ends of the drive pinion extend beyond the cylinder body. The pinion cap has one exposed edge for engaging the door or door frame surface and includes a christmas tree plug for attaching the pinion cap to a threaded hole in one end of the drive pinion. The plug can either be free to rotate with the pinion or it can be fixed to the cap. The slippage of the plug permits the drive pinion to rotate while the pinion cap does not rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: James E. Jensen, Andy Current
  • Patent number: 6042417
    Abstract: A power feed adapter comprising: a battery holder; an adapter cap for attachment to the battery holder, the adapter cap having an electrical contact thereon, the electrical contact comprising: a central contact connected to a positive terminal of the battery holder; an insulating ring surrounding the central contact; and a ground ring surrounding the insulating ring, the ground ring being connected to a negative terminal of the battery holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Frederick M. Hensley, L. C. Derek Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 5983992
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for transferring heat between an external fluid and an internal fluid includes two or more heat exchange cells, each heat exchange cell having a top plate with an inlet aperture at one end thereof and an outlet aperture at the other end thereof, the top plate including a first surface, a second surface and peripheral edges. The heat exchange cell also includes a bottom plate juxtaposed with the top plate, the bottom plate having an inlet aperture at one end thereof and an outlet aperture at the other end thereof. The bottom plate includes a first surface, a second surface and peripheral edges. The peripheral edges of the top and bottom plates are attached to one another, the second surfaces of the top and bottom plates confronting one another and the inlet and outlet apertures of the top and bottom plates being in substantial alignment with one another. The attached top and bottom plates define a high pressure chamber between the second surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignees: Northern Research, Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Child, James B. Kesseli, James S. Nash
  • Patent number: 5947537
    Abstract: A knob catch for securing a knob or lever to the driving spindle of a door lock. The knob catch is constructed of a base with a centered odd shaped hole. The hole is made in such a way that the knob or lever cannot be removed when the locking device is in the locked position using a key operated cylinder with a flat locking bar. A tongue portion of the knob catch rises above the base and fits into the knob or lever and keeps the knob or lever from being removed. In the front side of this tongue is an angular surface which permits the knob or lever to be slid over the top of the knob catch until the knob catch tongue and an aperture in the knob or lever align allowing the tongue to be spring biased into the aperture to secure the knob or lever. There are two springs attached to the knob catch to bias the tongue into engagement with the knob or lever aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Helmut R. Aigner, Cliff W. Allen, Jr., Frederick M. Hensley, Troy A. Dalsing, Melinda T. Neligon
  • Patent number: 5927765
    Abstract: A dogging device for securing a panic exit and actuation device in an unlatched condition. The dogging device uses a U-shaped spring clip to secure a base plate, a dogging adapter and a dogging hook together. The base plate, dogging adapter and dogging hook are rotated about a common axis by an operator, which can either be a hex shaft or a cylinder adapter operated by a keyed lock, from a disengaged position to an engaged position where the dogging hook engages a control rod of the exit device thereby holding, or dogging, the exit device in an unlatched condition. An over center spring is used to bias the dogging hook into either the engaged or the disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Von Duprin, Inc.
    Inventors: Marlin D. Austin, Richard B. Cohrs, Jr., Stephen M. Rohrbaugh
  • Patent number: 5918916
    Abstract: An automatic door latch has a case and a bolt movable within the case between a fully extended position in which the bolt extends forwardly of the case and a partially extended position in which the bolt is positioned to contact a door strike. There is a plunger mounted on the bolt, with the bolt and plunger being relatively movable. A spring biases the bolt toward a fully extended position and a spring biases the plunger outwardly of the case. The plunger has a projection which limits outward movement of the plunger to a position in which its extension is the same as that of the bolt when it is in its partially extended position. There is a stop on the bolt movable toward and away from the case and there are projections on the case which coact with the bolt stop to limit bolt extension to its partially extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventor: Pete Kajuch
  • Patent number: 5904384
    Abstract: A push pad releasable exit device with continuous deadlocking for mounting near a door edge for engaging a lock strike includes a housing having first and second sidewalls upon which are mounted two end walls and an internal wall parallel to the end walls, each of the end walls and the internal wall having a hole, the holes being aligned on a common axis, the first sidewall having a wedge stop projecting inwardly therefrom toward the axis of the holes in the end walls and the internal wall; a tapered latch bolt mounted on a cylindrical shaft the shaft extending through the holes and having a provision for urging the latch bolt toward the lock strike; a wedge plate having a hole providing clearance around the shaft and aligned with the holes in the end walls, having a tab pivotally resting in a slot of the second wall, and having a corner distal from the tab resting against the wedge stop when the door is in an open position; a provision for sensing when the door is in a closed position and for flipping the we
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Von Duprin, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald E. Mader, William P. Dye, Matthew S. Prucinsky
  • Patent number: 5881590
    Abstract: The several unassembled parts of a door lock assembly, nested axially within one another, are secured by axial retainer means which engage an aperture in the door lock assembly that is not used to secure inner and outer door lock assemblies to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventor: Steven D. Small
  • Patent number: 5864988
    Abstract: A double egress frame and door unit comprising: a first jamb having a first jamb stop thereon and having a soffit adjacent the stop; a second jamb having a second jamb stop thereon and having a soffit adjacent the stop; a first door swinging in a first direction and being connected to the first jamb by hinges; a second door swinging in a second direction opposite to the first direction and being connected to the second jamb by hinges; a header connected to an upper end of the first and second jambs, the header having first and second header stops thereon, the first header stop being coplanar with the first jamb stop, the second header stop being coplanar with the second jamb stop; and the hinges connecting the first door to the first jamb and connecting the second door to the second jamb permitting each door to swing clear of the soffit of the jambs when the doors are in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventor: Claud Frederick, Jr.
  • Patent number: D406056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Vince Flores, Glen Miciano, Ryan Parsons
  • Patent number: D406528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Vince Flores, Glen Miciano, Ryan Parsons
  • Patent number: D411732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventor: L. C. Derek Chamberlain
  • Patent number: D416779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ned Trumpinski, Laura Ann Tonozzi, James E. Jensen, Jeffrey Lewis Fenwick, Paul K. Metaxatos, James D. Stryker, Robert H. Bruno
  • Patent number: D421561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Fenwick, Thomas Ned Trumpinski, Laura Ann Tonozzi, James E. Jensen, Paul K. Metaxatos, James D. Stryker, Robert H. Bruno
  • Patent number: D422195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Laura Ann Tonozzi, James E. Jensen, Rex H. Lasson, Jeffrey Lewis Fenwick, Thomas Ned Trumpinski, Paul K. Metaxatos, James D. Stryker, Robert H. Bruno
  • Patent number: D424404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: James E. Jensen, Rex H. Lasson, Jeffrey Lewis Fenwick, Thomas Ned Trumpinski, Laura Ann Tonozzi, Paul K. Metaxatos, James D. Stryker, Robert H. Bruno
  • Patent number: D424910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Rex H. Lasson, James E. Jensen
  • Patent number: D425810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Von Duprin, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene K. Siller, Daniel N. Nigro, Jr.
  • Patent number: D426452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: James McElroy, Kevin Rosenbaum, Melinda T. Neligon