Patents Represented by Attorney R. B. Farley
  • Patent number: 4748714
    Abstract: The invention comprehends a belt shifting arrangement for an upright cleaner in which belt shifting to an intermediate idler pulley is occasioned by either handle movement or pedal actuation. Either of these movements functions to cam the belt onto the idler pulley or to permit its movement back to an agitator drive pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventor: Donald B. Tschudy
  • Patent number: 4384385
    Abstract: A floor care appliance or the like is provided with a duct clean out function by the use of a stoppered, sidewardly extending duct accessible to the user through the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventor: Edgar A. Maurer
  • Patent number: D269470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1983
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventor: John D. Essex