Patents by Inventor John P. Shifferly

John P. Shifferly 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: 5271135
    Abstract: A hand-held deburring tool comprising a handle member with a distal end having a cavity therein, within which a unirotary ratchet bearing is disposed. The unirotary ratchet bearing has a deburring tip element-receiving bore therein for engaging the shank of a deburring tip element positioned therewithin. A support element is mounted in a lower portion of the cavity in the handle member, for abutting contact with a proximal shank extremity of a deburring tip element positioned within the bore of the unirotary ratchet bearing. This tool accommodates a wide variety of deburring tip elements which are positionable with the proximal shank portion thereof in the bore of the unirotary ratchet bearing and with the proximal extremity thereof in abutting contact with the support element. The deburring tool may be usefully employed to remove burring or flashing from holes or openings in a wide variety of workpieces, e.g., aluminum plate stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Inventor: John P. Shifferly
  • Patent number: 4953238
    Abstract: A sanitizing spray device in accordance with this invention is designed for use on a toilet having a seat member, and comprises an elongate, generally tubular member having a spray device adjacent one end. The arrangement is such that water at a selected temperature and quantity is connected to said generally tubular member, so that water can be caused to travel for a portion of the length of the tubular member, and then issue as a spray of warm water from said spray device. A mounting device is provided under the seat member for pivotally mounting the generally tubular member at a location intermediate its ends. The mounting device is advantageously constructed to permit the generally tubular member to be readily swung from a recessed position in which it principally resides under the confines of the seat member, to a deployed position in which the spray device is in approximately a central location with respect to the principal aperture of the seat member and the bowl of the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Inventor: John P. Shifferly