Patents by Inventor Joseph E. Howard

Joseph E. Howard 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).

  • Plastic and stainless steel horizontal axis spin tub
    Patent number: 5746070
    Abstract: A spin drum for use in a horizontal axis clothes washing machine. The spin drum includes a generally semi-cylindrical side wall composed of stainless steel, first and second plastic end caps and first and second metal trunnions. The side wall has first and second ends with radially corrugated peripheries and a plurality of vanes that extend between the first and second ends. The vanes help define the radially corrugated peripheries of the first and second ends. The first and second plastic end caps are respectively secured to the first and second ends of the side wall and have flanges that are contoured to fit inside the radially corrugated peripheries of the first and second ends. The first and second metal trunnions are respectively disposed over the first and second plastic end caps and are secured to the first and second ends of the side wall and to the first and second plastic end caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack W. Bailey, Joseph E. Howard