Abstract: A foldable pocket field tool having a foldable pliers and a set of specialty field tool bits to enable the foldable pocket tool to be carried on a person and used on-the-go with the field tool having a set of tool bits tool bits extendable or retractable into a handle and with each of the tool bits operable for efficiently performing a unique service tasks that may occur when installing or servicing a field system such as an irrigation system. The tool bits may be arranged to provide a two-part handle for use in manipulating an adjacent tool bit about a central axis as the tool bit is supported by the foldable pocket tool.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2016
Assignee:
Patent Store LLC
Inventors:
L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
Abstract: A system and a method of identifying, accepting or rejecting faulty sealant containing twist-on wire connectors wherein an image sensor generates an output image signal of a partly assembled twist-on wire connector or an assembled twist-on wire connector and compares the output image signal to a reference image signal to identify or reject a twist-on wire connector if the output image signal of the twist-on wire connector is outside an acceptable range and accept the twist-on wire connector if the output image signal is within the acceptable range.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2008
Date of Patent:
December 11, 2012
Assignee:
Patent Store LLC
Inventors:
James C. Keeven, Lloyd Herbert King, Jr.