Patents by Inventor Horace Belcher

Horace Belcher 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).

  • Tool for engine crank shaft
    Patent number: 6640670
    Abstract: A tool for holding the pulley of the engine crankshaft stationary while loosening or tightening the crankshaft sprocket bolt. In a first embodiment, the crankshaft pulley holding implement has two piece construction that employs a changeable baseplate for crankshaft pulleys of different sizes. In a second embodiment, the tool has a one piece construction that is less expensive to manufacture. In both embodiments, the tool has a square hole defined therein for receiving a square drive breaker bar and a plurality of symmetrically disposed slots for engaging crankshaft pulley bolts, so that the tool may be placed about the crankshaft pulley bolts and held stationary with the breaker bar while tightening or loosening the crankshaft sprocket bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: Horace Belcher
  • Tool for engine crank shaft
    Publication number: 20020092385
    Abstract: A tool for holding the pulley of the engine crankshaft stationary while loosening or tightening the crankshaft sprocket bolt. In a first embodiment, the crankshaft pulley holding implement has two piece construction that employs a changeable baseplate for crankshaft pulleys of different sizes. In a second embodiment, the tool has a one piece construction that is less expensive to manufacture. In both embodiments, the tool has a square hole defined therein for receiving a square drive breaker bar and a plurality of symmetrically disposed slots for engaging crankshaft pulley bolts, so that the tool may be placed about the crankshaft pulley bolts and held stationary with the breaker bar while tightening or loosening the crankshaft sprocket bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Horace Belcher
  • Tool for engine crank shaft
    Patent number: 6334375
    Abstract: A tool for holding the pulley of the engine crankshaft stationary while loosening or tightening the crankshaft sprocket bolt. In a first embodiment, the crankshaft pulley holding implement has two piece construction that employs a changeable baseplate for crankshaft pulleys of different sizes. In a second embodiment, the tool has a one piece construction that is less expensive to manufacture. In both embodiments, the tool has a square hole defined therein for receiving a square drive breaker bar and a concave inside edge having a plurality of symmetrically disposed recesses for engaging crankshaft pulley bolts, so that the tool may be placed about the crankshaft pulley bolts and held stationary with the breaker bar while tightening or loosening the crankshaft sprocket bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Inventor: Horace Belcher