Patents Represented by Law Firm Rogers, Howell & Hafferkamp
  • Patent number: 5177335
    Abstract: A prefilter for an EDM machine includes a tank for holding flush water with guide rollers and channels used to thread a continuous sheet of filter paper along the bottom thereof such that the flush water is prefiltered by the continuous sheet filter paper. A float switch detects the level of flush water in the tank so that as the filter paper becomes clogged, it actuates a take-up motor for advancing the filter paper through the tank to remove clogged filter paper therefrom and replace it with fresh filter paper. The prefilter may be used as a kit for retrofit to existing EDM machines or provided as part of an original equipment design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Westhoff Machine Company
    Inventors: John D. Hartwig, Roy W. Ritchey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4896883
    Abstract: A device for setting a golf tee having a body with a side wall that has a tee-facing surface. A plurality of stepped recesses are vertically aligned and opened through the tee-facing surface. Each step section recess has a downwardly facing wall for contacting the top of a golf tee so that selective positioning of the golf tee within one of the step recess sections will allow the device to set the height of the tee above ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Inventor: Alfred E. Wagenknecht
  • Patent number: D358765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Contico International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Dickinson, Bradley D. Gale