Patents by Inventor Edwin E. Chestnut

Edwin E. Chestnut 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).

  • Patent number: 5078076
    Abstract: A drop marker system 10 is disclosed including a drop marker dispenser 20 and a reloading magazine 70. Drop marker dispenser 20 is provided with a yieldable stop means 40 at a dispensing and reloading opening 23. The yieldable stops are provided to allow loading of a stack of drop markers along the longitudinal axis of the dispenser chute 21 while preventing discharge of the marker stack along the chute axis. The dispenser 20 and reloading magazine 70 together provide a connecting means 92 that facilitates engagement of the dispenser 20 and magazine 70 in a longitudinal aligned orientation. Spring-biased push plates are provided within both dispenser 20 and magazine 70 to urge received drop markers towards respective dispensing and discharged ends 28, 73. A movable stop bar 75 is provided on the reloading chute 71 to prevent unintentional discharge a replenishing supply of drop markers through the discharge end 73 of the reloading magazine 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Loveland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin E. Chestnut