Patents Represented by Attorney The Watson IP Group, PLC.
  • Patent number: 8006404
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and device for adjusting the fitting depth of a tool in a tool-holder, in particular in a tool-holder to be banded. The method is characterized in that it consists in performing a prior calibration of a sensing assembly (2) by positioning a sensing slide (4) of said assembly (2) into a bore (V) of a calibrating support (1) and by re-setting a viewing means of said sensing assembly (2), then in positioning the sensing assembly above a tool-holder and moving the adjustable stop of said tool-holder towards the sensing slide (4), so as to determine a travel thereof corresponding to the required fitting depth. The invention is applicable in the field of the environment of machine-tools, more particularly comprising tool-holders to be banded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: E.P.B.
    Inventor: Freyermuth Alain
  • Patent number: 7913956
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a mechanism for operating sets of switch points, comprising an actuator control assembly (1) actuating two points operating half-bars (2), each connected to one point blade (switch rail), by a point-setting device (3) and by a manual control (4) connected in the actuator control assembly (1). The mechanism is one wherein actuation of the two points-operating half bars (2) by the actuator control assembly (1) is performed by way of rotary cam-drive devices (5), each one assigned to one operating half-bar (2) and wherein the points-setting device (3) is a device independent of the points-operating half-bar (2) and controlled by the actuator control assembly (1). The invention applies more particularly to the field of railway (railroad) infrastructure, particularly the operating of switch points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Vossloh Cogifer
    Inventor: Philippe Mugg
  • Patent number: 7705242
    Abstract: A core for an electrical conductor. The core includes an inner core component, an intermediate cladding component and an outer cladding component. The inner core component comprises a plurality of glass based stranded members in a first resin matrix. The intermediate cladding component surrounds the inner core component and comprises a plurality of carbon stranded members in a second resin matrix. The outer cladding component surrounds the intermediate cladding component and comprises a plurality of glass based stranded members in a third resin matrix. The first resin matrix and the second resin matrix are substantially independent of each other, meeting at a boundary. An electrical conductor as well as a manufacturing method is likewise disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael A. Winterhalter
  • Patent number: 7410423
    Abstract: A golf cub comprising a head, a shaft assembly and a shaft attachment assembly. The head includes a body which includes a face and a back. The shaft assembly includes a shaft member. The shaft attachment assembly includes a primary plug assembly. The primary plug assembly includes a primary plug to which the shaft member is attached, and, a member which facilitates rotatably positioning of the primary plug relative to the back of the head, to, in turn, vary the angle of the shaft member relative to the back of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Bernard L. Pinder
  • Patent number: 7387220
    Abstract: A container assembly having a container, a fitment and a cap assembly. The container has at least one panel and at least one seal sealing the at least one panel to define a cavity. The fitment is coupled with the container, comprising a body having a first end and a second end. The second end extends away from the container, wherein the fitment provides fluid communication with the cavity. The cap assembly is releasably attachable to the second end of the fitment. The cap assembly comprises a base and a cover. The base includes an upper surface, a lower surface and an opening extending therethrough. The opening including an upper annular rim extending from the upper surface of the base and a lower annular rim extending from the lower surface of the base. The cover is attachable to the base to cover the opening. The cover includes an annular ring that extends along at least a portion of the upper annular rim of the opening and the lower annular rim of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Rocklin Verespej, Luke Hartman
  • Patent number: 7383785
    Abstract: A mooring system comprising a dock attachment line, a submerging member, a submerged sea anchoring line, a second submerging member and a plurality of craft attachment assemblies. The dock attachment line has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is positioned at a dock and the distal end extends therefrom. The submerging member facilitates the submerging of the dock attachment line such that the distal end is positioned below the surface of the water. The submerged sea anchoring line has a first end extending from the distal end of the dock attachment line and a second end spaced apart therefrom. The second submerging member facilitates the submerging of the submerged sea anchoring line. The plurality of craft attachment assemblies extend toward the surface from the submerged sea anchoring line. Each craft attachment assembly includes a first end coupled to the submerged sea anchoring line and a second end directed toward a surface of water positioned thereabove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventors: Brian Schmidt, Adam Crooks, Philip Barclay
  • Patent number: 7381124
    Abstract: A starwheel assembly for use with a carcass dehairing machine comprising a starwheel having a central hub and at least one paddle deflection limiting member, as well as a scraper paddle. The central hub includes an arcuate body having an outer surface and an inner surface. Each paddle deflection limiting member includes a proximal end coupled to the outer surface of the body of the central hub and a distal end opposing the proximal end. A paddle attachment assembly facilitates attachment of the scraper paddle thereto. The configuration of the starwheel apparatus provides support for the scraper paddle and limits the movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Inventor: Nicholas R. Hahn
  • Patent number: 7357276
    Abstract: A collapsible bag for dispensing liquids which includes at least one sheet sealed to define an enclosure and a fitment (spout) attached to the enclosure and out through which liquid in the enclosure is dispensed. An interior surface of the one or more sheets has an integral texture to assist with withdrawal of the liquid from the enclosure when collapsed. The texture can be provided by sheet surfaces that are mechanically or ultrasonically embossed or are bubble-cushioned or which have sealed pleats or accordion folds. The bottom surface of a lower flange of the fitment may have concentric ridges (or spirals) and/or radial grooves. Also disclosed are methods of making the bag from one, two, three or four sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Chester Savage, Kenneth Micnerski, Richard Carroll, Nancy Lu, Richard L. Albiani, Rocklin Verespej
  • Patent number: 7293676
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus comprising a spout and a spigot. The spout includes a tubular member. The tubular member includes a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an opening extending transversely through the tubular member between the first and second end thereof. The tubular member defines a cavity capable of receiving a flowable material therein. The spigot is attached to the inside surface of the tubular member. The spigot includes a peripheral wall, a transverse wall and a handle. The peripheral wall includes an outer surface positionable over the opening. The transverse wall is coupled to the peripheral wall. The peripheral wall and the transverse wall cooperating to substantially seal the first end of the tubular member and the opening from the cavity of the tubular member. The handle is associated with at least one of the peripheral wall and the transverse wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Liston, Robbie Wells
  • Patent number: 7097024
    Abstract: A conveying device for conveying articles, in particular vehicle bodies, in a known manner comprises at least one skid, which comprises two parallel skid runners and a supporting structure, which connects the skid runners to one another, for the article to be conveyed. The skid runners are supported on two parallel tracks, which extend along a conveying path. As a driving device a linear drive is used, which comprises a plurality of energizable primary parts disposed in a stationary manner along the conveying path. Provided on each skid is a secondary part, which interacts with the actually adjacent primary part. The length of the secondary part in conveying direction is tuned to the distance between the primary parts such that at least one primary part is disposed in the immediate vicinity of the secondary part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Eisenmann Maschinenbau, KG (Komplementar: Eisenmann-Stiftung)
    Inventor: Werner Swoboda
  • Patent number: 7079749
    Abstract: A waveguide configuration comprising a core, a first cladding, a second cladding and a buffer. The core includes an index of refraction and a shear velocity. The first cladding extends about the core, has a shear velocity that is less than that of the core and has an index of refraction which is less than the core. A second cladding extends about the first cladding and has a shear velocity which is greater than that of the first cladding. An optical mode of the waveguide configuration has an index of refraction greater than that of the second cladding. The buffer extends about the second cladding. The core comprises one of a rare-earth dopant and an undoped glass fiber. The first cladding is selected from the group consisting of: Boron doped glass fiber, Fluorine doped glass fiber, and, Boron and Fluorine doped glass fiber. The second cladding has a higher relative doping concentration of Boron, Fluorine, or Boron and Fluorine than the first cladding and also contains Aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventor: Peter Dragic
  • Patent number: D555031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Suman
  • Patent number: D568214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Elite Bicycles
    Inventor: David Greenfield
  • Patent number: D569631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Hangers Plus, LLC
    Inventor: James Hansen
  • Patent number: D569633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Hangers Plus, LLC
    Inventor: James Hansen
  • Patent number: D578781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Hanger Plus, LLC
    Inventor: James Hansen
  • Patent number: D664847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Schoole Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Arch, Charles Thurman