Patents by Inventor Robert L. O'Hearne

Robert L. O'Hearne 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: 5442932
    Abstract: A cooler chest has an open top which may be covered or uncovered by removable doors. A plurality of downwardly directed jets around the upper periphery of the chest forces cold air into the bottom of the chest, thereby displacing warm air from the chest and into the ambient atmosphere. The cold air in the chest is drawn through an evaporator coil for further cooling and then returned to the jets at the upper periphery for a continued cooling of the chest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Seco Products Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. O'Hearne
  • Patent number: 5069273
    Abstract: A food server for simultaneously cold storing foods to be served hot and foods to be served cold, and for heating the foods to be served hot while keeping cold the foods to be served cold. The server comprises a cabinet having a first insulated food storage compartment for cold storing foods to be served hot and a second insulated food storage compartment, adjacent the first compartment, for cold storing foods to be served cold. The server also includes a mechanism for refrigerating the first compartment, a mechanism for refrigerating the second compartment, a mechanism for heating the first compartment, and a control mechanism for selectively activating and deactivating the mechanisms for heating and refrigerating the first compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Duke Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Robert L. O'Hearne
  • Patent number: 4184395
    Abstract: A radial arm saw has separate and independently adjustable actuating means operated by a single lever for indexing the arm in spaced miter positions and for clamping it in infinitely variable miter positions, a novel arm clamp shoe, an adjustable arm index ring, adjustable guide means including adjustable guide means guiding vertical movement of the arm, composite arm indexing pin, bevel and swivel indexing pin ramps, a heel adjustment cam, and adjustable bevel clamp means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Donald L. Blachly, Brian R. Hochstatter, Robert L. O'Hearne