Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Miner
Jonathan A. Miner 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).
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Publication number: 20070056137Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a motor-driven rotatable agitator coupled with a shaft of the motor through a belt. A belt disengaging device for a vacuum cleaner comprises a pin that is movable through an arc of less than 180° between an engaged position and a disengaged position, at which the pin lifts the belt off the motor shaft. An actuator for the belt disengaging device includes a first exterior portion for user access and is moveable between a first and second position. A linkage pivotally connected to the actuator and the mechanically coupled to the pin moves the pin between the engaged and disengaged positions as the actuator moves between the first and second positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2006Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicant: BISSELL HOMECARE, INC.Inventors: Jonathan Miner, George Moyher
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Publication number: 20060179599Abstract: A spot cleaning apparatus comprises a housing, a fluid distribution system, a fluid recovery system, an agitation system, and a controller system to automatically monitor and control inputs and outputs to said systems for removal of spots and stains from a surface without attendance by a user. A suction nozzle and agitation device are mounted to the housing for movement over the surface to be cleaned relative to a stationary housing. Optionally, the spot cleaning apparatus can be operated in a manual mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: August 17, 2006Inventors: Jonathan Miner, Eric Huffman, Eric Sugalski, Kevin Ehrenreich, Mark Slaven, Tomas Matusaitis, Randall Koplin, Jeff Condon, Phong Tran, David Seal
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Patent number: 6968593Abstract: A liquid extraction cleaner comprises a solution dispensing system, a liquid recovery system, and an agitation brush assembly. The solution dispensing system includes a cleaning solution supply tank affixed to the cleaner and fluidly connected to a solution spray nozzle through a trigger-operated manual solution spray pump. The supply conduit interconnecting the cleaning fluid supply tank and the spray nozzle traverses a passage formed integrally with the air-liquid separator housing, spray nozzle being mounted in the passage at a front portion of the cleaner. The liquid recovery system includes a air-liquid separator fluidly connected with a suction nozzle and a suction source for drawing liquid and debris into the air-liquid separator, and a recovery tank releasably mounted to the air-liquid separator for collecting recovered liquid. The agitation brush assembly is mounted in a lower forward portion of the cleaner for contact with a surface being cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Alan J. Krebs, Phong Hoang Tran, Jonathan Miner, Gary A. Kasper, Eric C. Huffman, Charles A. Reed, Jr., Eric J. Hansen
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Publication number: 20050029296Abstract: An aerosol spray cleaner comprises two containers and a dispenser with a single dispensing spray outlet. One container has a cleaning composition and the other has an oxidizing composition. An integrally molded actuator includes a resiliently cantilevered lever connected to container valves to simultaneously open the valves to dispense the two fluids through the dispensing spray outlet. A handle extends laterally of the containers so grasp the handle and depress the actuator with a thumb.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Applicant: BISSELL HOMECARE, INC.Inventors: Eric Hansen, Lindsay Ulman, Jonathan Miner
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Patent number: 6412141Abstract: A portable surface cleaning apparatus including a base module for movement along a surface, an upright handle pivotally attached to the base module, a liquid dispensing system including a flexible bladder defining a fluid supply chamber for holding a supply of cleaning fluid, a fluid recovery system including a tank on the base module having a fluid recovery chamber for holding recovered fluid and housing the flexible bladder, and a fluid passageway between the fluid supply chamber and the recovery chamber, whereby the recovery chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid supply chamber and the pressure in the flexible bladder is equalized with the pressure in the tank as the cleaning fluid is dispensed from the supply chamber and the dirty liquid is collected in the recovery chamber. In a further embodiment the tank has an outlet opening in a bottom portion thereof and a drain plug is removably mounted in the outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Kasper, Jonathan A. Miner, Timothy E. Kasen, Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Eric C. Huffman, Luke E. Kelly
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Patent number: 6286181Abstract: A portable surface cleaning apparatus including a base module for movement along a surface, an upright handle pivotally attached to the base module, a liquid dispensing system including a flexible bladder defining a fluid supply chamber for holding a supply of cleaning fluid, a fluid recovery system including a tank on the base module having a fluid recovery chamber for holding recovered fluid and housing the flexible bladder, and a fluid passageway between the fluid supply chamber and the recovery chamber, whereby the recovery chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid supply chamber and the pressure in the flexible bladder is equalized with the pressure in the tank as the cleaning fluid is dispensed from the supply chamber and the dirty liquid is collected in the recovery chamber. In a further embodiment the tank has an outlet opening in a bottom portion thereof and a drain plug is removably mounted in the outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Kasper, Jonathan A. Miner, Timothy E. Kasen, Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Eric C. Huffman, Luke E. Kelly
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Patent number: 6167587Abstract: A portable surface cleaning apparatus including a base module for movement along a surface, an upright handle pivotally attached to the base module, a liquid dispensing system including a flexible bladder defining a fluid supply chamber for holding a supply of cleaning fluid, a fluid recovery system including a tank on the base module having a fluid recovery chamber for holding recovered fluid and housing the flexible bladder, and a fluid passageway between the fluid supply chamber and the recovery chamber, whereby the recovery chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid supply chamber and the pressure in the flexible bladder is equalized with the pressure in the tank as the cleaning fluid is dispensed from the supply chamber and the dirty liquid is collected in the recovery chamber. In a further embodiment the tank has an outlet opening in a bottom portion thereof and a drain plug is removably mounted in the outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1998Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Kasper, Jonathan A. Miner, Timothy E. Kasen, Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz, Eric C. Huffman, Luke E. Kelly
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Patent number: 4502475Abstract: A drill guide device for bone plate fixation, consisting of an elongated drill guide block having a longitudinal recess for receiving and positioning a bone plate having screw openings. The guide block has spaced openings axially aligned with the bone plate screw openings and containing removable drill guide bushings. The guide block is longitudinally slotted at its ends for adjustable attachment to clamp blocks carrying respective bone-engaging scissor clamp assemblies connected by tie rods. The tie rods have oppositely threaded ends which are threadedly engaged with the respective clamp blocks. The tie rods have hexagonal center portions shaped for driving engagement by a wrench. The scissor clamp assemblies have upstanding opposite top handle portions connected by clamping screws, each clamping screw being pivotally connected to one handle portion and extending through the opposite handle portion. The outer end portion of each clamping screw is provided with a clamping nut.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1983Date of Patent: March 5, 1985Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Robert M. Weigle, Sharon Duggan, Candace Foster, Jonathan Miner, John Vantucci, Mark Woozley