Patents Assigned to Richco Plastic Company
  • Patent number: 4220293
    Abstract: A device for storing and carrying collapsible hose comprising an enclosure having an aperture therein, a reel rotatable in the enclosure, means for rotating the reel, a fixture on and rotatable with the reel adapted for extension out of the enclosure through the aperture, the fixture having a tongue for gripping the hose intermediate its length to draw up the hose onto and around the reel upon rotation thereof, and a guide on the housing for maintaining the hose in windable position as the hose is drawn around the reel during rotation thereof, said hose being adapted for removal from the device upon rotation of the reel in a direction opposite to its hose winding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Richco Plastic Company
    Inventor: John L. Gename
  • Patent number: 4192478
    Abstract: A support for securing a circuit board on an apertured panel, wherein the support has a slot for slideably receiving and a tab for releaseably holding a circuit board therein, and a quarter turn fastener engageable in the panel aperture, said fastener and aperture having cooperating means for receiving said support and locking means for mounting the fastener upright on the panel upon manipulating the fastener a quarter turn in the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Richco Plastic Company
    Inventor: Ronald A. Coules
  • Patent number: 4007516
    Abstract: A quarter turn locking fastener device consisting of a socket part adapted to snap engage into an apertured chassis and to support an apertured panel spaced apart from the chassis, and a complemental stud part adapted for selected locking and unlocking engagement through the panel aperture and into the socket part upon a quarter turn of the stud part relative to the socket part to removably secure the panel spaced apart from and on the chassis and to lock the socket part to the chassis when the stud part is in locked condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Richco Plastic Company
    Inventor: Ronald A. Coules
  • Patent number: 3996500
    Abstract: A chassis connector and circuit board clip for electronic equipment, said clip having a pair of upright spaced apart legs, each having anchor means for mounting in a slotted chassis, a wall bridging the legs for supporting a circuit board spaced apart from and in alignment with a connector, and a locking tooth carried by one of the legs for holding the edge of an aligned circuit board relative to the chassis and connector. The clip is molded in one piece from plastic dielectric insulating material and one modification thereof also includes means for securing the connector to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Richco Plastic Company
    Inventor: Ronald A. Coules
  • Patent number: 3952232
    Abstract: A circuit board ejector for snap-on attachment to an apertured circuit board or other electronic component slidably mounted in a rack or chassis, operable to initiate sliding of the circuit board for removal from or insertion into the chassis, and to a chassis -- circuit board combination including such ejectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Richco Plastic Company
    Inventor: Ronald A. Coules