Patents by Inventor Anthony W. McLain

Anthony W. McLain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Self-tightening cover for pump
    Patent number: 7984671
    Abstract: A self-tightening retaining system for securing a closure in position closing an access port of a pump housing. The system includes a retaining cover for obstructing removal of the closure from a bore of the access port. The cover has external threads interengageable with screws threads of the bore. A locking device is configured for being secured to the cover such that the locking device rotates together with the cover. The locking device has a fastener receivable in a hole of the closure and has external threads interengageable with threads of the hole. The threads of the cover and the threads of the fastener are spiraled in opposite directions such that when the cover rotates in a loosening direction, the fastener becomes tightened in the hole of the closure thereby stopping the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Gardner Denver, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest J. Jensen, Anthony W. McLain
  • SELF-TIGHTENING COVER FOR PUMP
    Publication number: 20090172944
    Abstract: A self-tightening retaining system for securing a closure in position closing an access port of a pump housing. The system includes a retaining cover for obstructing removal of the closure from a bore of the access port. The cover has external threads interengageable with screws threads of the bore. A locking device is configured for being secured to the cover such that the locking device rotates together with the cover. The locking device has a fastener receivable in a hole of the closure and has external threads interengageable with threads of the hole. The threads of the cover and the threads of the fastener are spiraled in opposite directions such that when the cover rotates in a loosening direction, the fastener becomes tightened in the hole of the closure thereby stopping the rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Ernest J. Jensen, Anthony W. McLain
  • Self-tightening cover for pump
    Patent number: 7506574
    Abstract: A self-tightening retaining system for securing a closure in position closing an access port of a pump housing. The system includes a retaining cover for obstructing removal of the closure from a bore of the access port. The cover has external threads interengageable with screw threads of the bore. A locking device is configured for being secured to the cover such that the locking device rotates together with the cover. The locking device has a fastener receivable in a hole of the closure and has external threads interengageable with threads of the hole. The threads of the cover and the threads of the fastener are spiraled in opposite directions such that when the cover rotates in a loosening direction, the fastener becomes tightened in the hole of the closure thereby stopping the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Gardner Denver, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest J. Jensen, Anthony W. McLain