Patents Assigned to Shields Company
  • Magnetic sweeper
    Patent number: 5413225
    Abstract: A magnetic sweeper for collecting magnetically attractable debris from parking areas and the like using magnets in an aluminum tube. A collector plate is hinged to the tube in the magnetic zone so that the collector plate can be pivoted away from the magnet to release accumulated debris from the influence of the magnets. Steel latch plates on the collector plate hold it against the magnets in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Shields Company
    Inventor: Charles W. Shields