Patents by Inventor Michael T. Lay

Michael T. Lay 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: 3967698
    Abstract: A power chain saw oiling device that automatically supplies lubricating oil to the cutting chain and guiding cutting bar. The device is easy and economical to fabricate and to assemble in the saw. An oil reservoir is formed in the saw housing and an oil flow path leads from the reservoir through a piston type pump to an oil distribution cavity open to the cutting bar and chain. The piston is operated directly by sliding contact against a cam rotated with the output shaft. A bypass tube of relatively narrow cross section is provided from the pump output chamber and discharges into the oil reservoir from its discharge end which is located above the distribution cavity to the cutting bar and chain. Oil flow from the pump is thus directed both to the oil distribution cavity for chain lubrication and to the bypass tube back to the oil reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: McGraw-Edison Company
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Smith, Michael T. Lay