Patents by Inventor Rick HUTH

Rick HUTH 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: 8496069
    Abstract: A device for cultivating soil or brushing debris includes a frame supporting a transmission and a motor. The transmission defines a housing. A drive shaft, which is at least partially surrounded by the housing, is driven by the motor. The drive shaft is a worm having a first set of threads on an exterior surface thereof and a second set of threads on the exterior surface thereof. The first set of threads are spaced-apart from and angled with respect to the second set of threads. A first gear, a second gear, and a third gear are all supported at least partially within the housing. External teeth of the second gear are in constant engagement with external teeth of both the first and third gears. A shaft is fixedly attached to the second gear and an assembly is removable attached to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Svetlana Gendelman, John M. Gagas, Rick Huth
  • Patent number: 8434563
    Abstract: A device for cultivating soil or brushing debris includes a frame supporting a transmission, a motor, and a shaft rotatably supported by a transmission housing and driven by the motor through the transmission. A distal end of the shaft includes a passageway therethrough. A fastener is at least partially received within the passageway. A tine assembly may be removably attached to the shaft and includes a first pair of two laterally spaced-apart tine disks. The first pair of tine disks being laterally positioned on the shaft between the fastener and the housing. A brush attachment may be removably attached, and includes a tube, which has a wheel rotatably attached to a first end thereof and a first gear fixedly attached to an opposing second end thereof. At least a portion of the fastener extends through at least a portion of the tube to fixedly attach the tube to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Svetlana Gendelman, John M. Gagas, Rick Huth
  • Publication number: 20130008675
    Abstract: A device for cultivating soil or brushing debris includes a frame supporting a transmission, a motor, and a shaft rotatably supported by a transmission housing and driven by the motor through the transmission. A distal end of the shaft includes a passageway therethrough. A fastener is at least partially received within the passageway. A tine assembly may be removably attached to the shaft and includes a first pair of two laterally spaced-apart tine disks. The first pair of tine disks being laterally positioned on the shaft between the fastener and the housing. A brush attachment may be removably attached, and includes a tube, which has a wheel rotatably attached to a first end thereof and a first gear fixedly attached to an opposing second end thereof At least a portion of the fastener extends through at least a portion of the tube to fixedly attach the tube to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SCHILLER GROUNDS CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Svetlana GENDELMAN, John M. GAGAS, Rick HUTH
  • Publication number: 20110209886
    Abstract: A device for cultivating soil or brushing debris includes a frame supporting a transmission, a motor, and a shaft rotatably supported by a transmission housing and driven by the motor through the transmission. A distal end of the shaft includes a passageway therethrough. A fastener is at least partially received within the passageway. A tine assembly may be removably attached to the shaft and includes a first pair of two laterally spaced-apart tine disks. The first pair of tine disks being laterally positioned on the shaft between the fastener and the housing. A brush attachment may be removably attached, and includes a tube, which has a wheel rotatably attached to a first end thereof and a first gear fixedly attached to an opposing second end thereof. At least a portion of the fastener extends through at least a portion of the tube to fixedly attach the tube to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: SCHILLER GROUNDS CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Svetlana GENDELMAN, John M. GAGAS, Rick HUTH