Patents Assigned to The Imperial Electric Company
  • Patent number: 8732886
    Abstract: The present invention is a floor machine pivot joint. The pivot joint utilizes pivot pegs attached to the base of the floor machine which extend from the base into cavities formed in the sides of the yoke which, in preferred embodiments, have either partially spherical or cylindrical shape. The pivot pegs allow the yoke to pivot in substantially one plane with reduced unwanted movement of the yoke and base relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The Imperial Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Engle, David Molnar
  • Publication number: 20130111679
    Abstract: The present invention is a floor machine pivot joint. The pivot joint utilizes pivot pegs attached to the base of the floor machine which extend from the base into cavities formed in the sides of the yoke which, in preferred embodiments, have either partially spherical or cylindrical shape. The pivot pegs allow the yoke to pivot in substantially one plane with reduced unwanted movement of the yoke and base relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: IMPERIAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Engle, David Molnar