Patents by Inventor Norman J. Borgo

Norman J. Borgo 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).

  • Drain cleaning apparatus with feed control
    Patent number: 6343398
    Abstract: A drain cleaning apparatus which feeds a drain cleaning snake from a rotating drum through a flexible guide tube and a manually operable cable feed device is provided at the outer end of the guide tube for selectively axially advancing or retracting the snake relative to the cable drum during rotation of the drum. The inner end of the guide tube is supported directly on the cable drum with a bearing for relative rotation between the cable drum and the guide tube. The cable feed device includes a stop protruding from its housing which is positioned for engaging an actuating lever to thereby limit the pivotal extent of the levers displacement away from the housing in order to prevent accidental dislodgement of the drive actuator which is engaged by the lever to operate the cable feed device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: General Wire Spring Company
    Inventors: Arthur A. Silverman, Edward Thomas Gaworski, Jr., Paul Arthur Korvick, Norman J. Borgo
  • Sewer augering apparatus
    Patent number: 5029356
    Abstract: A sewer augering apparatus and more particularly a sewer augering apparatus having a power feed and manual lock apparatus with actuation thereof by an, axially slideable actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: General Wire Spring Company
    Inventors: Lee Silverman, Norman J. Borgo