Patents by Inventor Pepper Y. Lai

Pepper Y. Lai 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: 5692816
    Abstract: A side-mounted drawer slide assembly for a cabinet or chest is provided in which elongated a wall component is engageable with a drawer component for relative movement therebetween. The slide assembly is versatile in nature in that it can be used on either the right or left sides of the drawer without the need of additional parts. The preferred form of the wall mount of the invention includes a roller which is affixed to a plate which is slidably joined for adjustable vertical movement. Other embodiments of the invention provide rollers which can be vertically adjusted and used on either the right or left sides of the drawer. Another embodiment allows the roller to be moved from one side of the wall component to the other as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Pepper Y. Lai
  • Patent number: 5556182
    Abstract: A side-mounted drawer slide assembly for a cabinet or chest is provided in which an elongated wall component is engageable with a drawer component for relative movement therebetween. The slide assembly is versatile in nature in that it can be used on either the right or left sides of the drawer without the need of additional parts. The preferred form of the wall mount of the invention includes a roller which is affixed to a plate which is slidably joined for adjustable vertical movement. Other embodiments of the invention provide rollers which can be vertically adjusted and used on either the right or left sides of the drawer. Another embodiment allows the roller to be moved from one side of the wall component to the other as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Inventor: Pepper Y. Lai
  • Patent number: 4616680
    Abstract: The catch-cord selvage of a shuttleless or fluid jet loom is drawn between a pair of mating rollers having smooth surfaces under a prescribed tension that is matched to the fabric tension as it comes from the loom. The mating rollers include an idler roller which is driven by a drive roller, with the drive roller being positively driven without slippage by the fabric take-up roll. The surface speed of the drive roller is the same as the surface speed of the fabric take-up roll so that the catch-cord and the fabric are drawn from the loom at the same speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: Draper Corporation
    Inventor: Pepper Y. Lai