Patents Examined by Nathaniel L Adams
  • Patent number: 9872589
    Abstract: The device for dispensing pre-cut rolled wiping material comprising a housing receiving a roll of wiping material, said housing comprising a back wall, and two lateral walls, said walls forming external walls of the housing, said housing receiving a flap hinged with respect to the housing, ensuring the guiding and the unwinding of the roll of material, and a cover hinged with respect to the housing, defining after closing a space between said flap and said cover to enable the strip of material to come out, said flap and said cover defining a space between them to ensure the guiding and the letting out of the strip of material and the separation of a format of material, said device being remarkable in that it has an external wall for supporting the roll of material having a profile comprising a horizontal central portion and, on either side, two raised front and back oblique portions enabling to receive, to center, and to hold in a stabilized way the roll of material, and in that the front oblique portion is,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventor: Maurice Granger
  • Patent number: 9873598
    Abstract: A davit comprising a column which is mountable for rotation about a generally upright axis and a jib, the jib being attached to the column, characterised in that the column is provided, on a first side thereof, with ribs defining a first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: REID LIFTING LIMITED
    Inventor: Paul Radmall
  • Patent number: 9873600
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a drum to draw in or let out a line and a motor and transmission coupled to the drum to apply a torque thereto. Logistics electronics are mounted proximate a first end of the drum and power electronics are mounted proximate a second end of the drum. In general, the logistics electronics include lower power electronics that enable data processing as well as data and commands to be communicated to the apparatus from an external location. By contrast, the power electronics may include higher power electronics needed to receive power and drive the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Jerome Miles, Chris Jones, Kevin Rees, Ben Taylor
  • Patent number: 9833096
    Abstract: A carpet stretcher, the tail assembly including a slider block, a first end and a second end attached to the slider block, wherein at least one of the first end and second end is moveable relative to the other of the ends on the slider block to define a gap having a selected width; and a locking assembly engagable with the at least one of the first end and second end to fix the selected width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Sorbin Enterprises
    Inventor: Michael D. Sorbin
  • Patent number: 9834419
    Abstract: A linear driving device with load dependent clamping capability with a reference driving element and a moveable driving element. The linear driving device being arranged for driving an elongated element located between the reference driving element and the moveable driving element at least one of which is powered to apply an axial force (Fa) and a clamping force (Fc) to the elongated element to drive it. The device includes at least one pivoting lever attached to the reference driving element by a first rotation axis and to the moveable driving element by a second rotation axis. When the elongated element is driven, the at least one pivoting lever is arranged so that the magnitude of the clamping force (Fc) depends on a predetermined angle (a) defined between a perpendicular direction to the axial force (Fa) and a reaction force passing through the first and second rotations axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: PLUMETTAZ HOLDING SA
    Inventors: André Wacinski, Gérard Plumettaz
  • Patent number: 9802795
    Abstract: A crane capable of handling major components during installation or servicing of wind turbines includes a main body on which is mounted a crane arm, and a lifting point at or near an upper end of the main body to which a hoisting cable assembly is joined or around which a lifting cable is passed and which carries a major part of the crane weight as it is hoisted up a tower of the wind turbine, wherein the lifting point is laterally adjustable relative to the main body in a direction which is generally towards or away from the tower when in its lifting orientation in order to allow control of the crane balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventors: Jeppe Sartori Søe, Jesper Stærke Rosengren