Patents by Inventor Reuel A. Murphy

Reuel A. Murphy 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: 4667558
    Abstract: This invention is a rack for attachment to organs for purposes of holding books of music or sheets of music for the organist to see when playing;The rack is characterized by comprising a backing with a shelf upon which the music rests which backing and shelf are so constructed as to be able to move upward and downward with relation to the keyboard of the organ and also to move closer to or farther away from the organist and to tilt at varying angles with relation to the line of sight of the organist's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Inventor: Reuel A. Murphy
  • Patent number: 4448551
    Abstract: This is a method for supporting a pump shaft, or the like, within a tubing wherein bearing supports are provided which can be inserted and removed from the tube for maintenance purposes, or the like, with or without disturbing the location of the tube, and wherein the method is practiced by utilizing expanding bushings within the tubing, which bushings will support a shaft extending through the bushings. The bushings are caused to clamp to the internal surface of the tubing by means of an expandable split sleeve as a part of each such bushing which is normally of a smaller size than the interior of the tubing, but which is caused to expand by having a tapered inner surface which is forced upward on a tapered supporting surface by means of a threaded sleeve and, thus, is caused to expand against the interior of the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Inventor: Reuel A. Murphy