Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Veselka

Kenneth R. Veselka 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: 5363533
    Abstract: A road sweeper which includes a hopper between a cab and a centrifugal separator, a pair of relatively telescopically extendable and retractable members, one member of each pair being pivoted to a frame of the vehicle and another member of each pair being pivoted to a hopper, a pair of control arms pivoted one each between one of the extendable members and the vehicle, and a tilt cylinder and occupant-protecting mechanism cooperatively operative such that upon relative extension of the extendable and retractable members the control arms effect compound motion of the hopper to a position over-the-cab for subsequent dumping and the automatic interpositioning of the occupant protection mechanism between the hopper and the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Tymco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Young, Albert L. Hanel, Kenneth R. Veselka
  • Patent number: 5337444
    Abstract: A road sweeper which includes a hopper between a cab and a centrifugal separator, a pair of relatively telescopically extendable and retractable members, one member of each pair being pivoted to a frame of the vehicle and another member of each pair being pivoted to a hopper, a pair of control arms pivoted one each between one of the extendable members and the vehicle, and a tilt cylinder and occupant-protecting mechanism cooperatively operative such that upon relative extension of the extendable and retractable members the control arms effect compound motion of the hopper to a position over-the-cab for subsequent dumping and the automatic interpositioning of the occupant protection mechanism between the hopper and the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Tymco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Young, Albert L. Hanel, Kenneth R. Veselka
  • Patent number: 5173989
    Abstract: A road sweeper which includes a hopper between a cab and a centrifugal separator, a pair of relatively telescopically extendable and retractable members, one member of each pair being pivoted to a frame of the vehicle and another member of each pair being pivoted to a hopper, a pair of control arms pivoted one each between one of the extendable members and the vehicle, and a tilt cylinder and occupant-protecting mechanism cooperatively operative such that upon relative extension of the extendable and retractable members the control arms effect compound motion of the hopper to a position over-the-cab for subsequent dumping and the automatic interpositioning of the occupant protection mechanism between the hopper and the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Tymco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Young, Albert L. Hanel, Kenneth R. Veselka
  • Patent number: 5113548
    Abstract: A street sweeper which includes a frame, a hopper, a cab and a centrifugal separator on opposite sides of the hopper, a mechanism for moving the hopper from a position behind the cab to a position above and forward of the cab for dumping debris from the hopper, the hopper moving mechanism including a pair of first and second relatively extendable and retractable members, each of the first members being connected to the hopper and each of the second members being connected to the frame, a rotator carrying a slider, and a mechanism for pivoting each rotator which through its associated slider elevates the extendable and retractable members to permit movement of the hopper above and along the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Tymco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Young, Albert L. Hanel, Kenneth R. Veselka
  • Patent number: 5072485
    Abstract: A road sweeper which includes a hopper between a cab and a centrifugal separator, a pair of relatively telescopically extendable and retractable members, one member of each pair being pivoted to a frame of the vehicle and another member of each pair being pivoted to a hopper, a pair of control arms pivoted one each between one of the extendable members and the vehicle, and a tilt cylinder and occupant-protecting mechanism cooperatively operative such that upon relative extension of the extendable and retractable members the control arms effect compound motion of the hopper to a position over-the-cab for subsequent dumping and the automatic interpositioning of the occupant protection mechanism between the hopper and the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Tymco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary B. Young, Albert L. Hanel, Kenneth R. Veselka
  • Patent number: 4691402
    Abstract: A gutter broom mechanism is adapted to be carried by the frame of a mobile road or like surface sweeping machine, a gutter broom carried by a first end of an arm having a second end mounted to the frame for movement such that the gutter broom can be moved between a first elevated position generally adjacent the frame and a second lower position generally outward of the frame in brushing engagement with a surface to be swept, the arm carrying a ball joint/yoke to which a threaded bolt is connected by a first pivot pin, the bolt passes through a collar having a spherical socket receiving a spherical surface of the yoke, the threaded bolt being connected by a nut to a bracket supporting a rotary gutter broom, and the threaded bolt and nut defining a single locking mechanism for holding the gutter broom in anyone of a plurality of predetermined positions of angular adjustment relative to an associated gutter or similar surface being swept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Veselka