Patents by Inventor Ted M. Daly

Ted M. Daly 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).

  • Auxiliary water tank and pump assembly for a concrete mixing vehicle
    Patent number: 7824096
    Abstract: A self-purging auxiliary fluid supply system for supplying washout or makeup water or other fluids under pressure to a truck-mounted concrete mixing/dispensing drum is disclosed. The system includes a truck-mounted fluid reservoir for containing a quantity of fluid connected to supply fluid to an air-operated diaphragm pump connected to supply auxiliary fluid from the fluid reservoir under pressure to a discharge assembly. The pump further provides an integral purge system for displacing fluid in the fluid supply system after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Lindblom, Ted M. Daly, Thomas P. Quigley
  • Barge-mounted concrete mixing system
    Publication number: 20040264292
    Abstract: A vessel-mounted concrete mixing system is disclosed that includes a barge having a deck elevated above the water line, at least one rotary mixing drum mounted on the deck to receive, mix and discharge concrete batch ingredients and a conveyor system for conveying mixed concrete batch material discharged from one or more rotary mixing drums, the conveyor system conveying the discharge mixed concrete to a portion of the barge accessible by an off-loading device not mounted on the barge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Harris, Ronald E. Christenson, Ted M. Daly, Gregory P. Dantzman, Tracy L. Timmerman
  • Discharge chute control system
    Patent number: 6578694
    Abstract: A motor driven discharge chute control system for automatically controlling the lateral position of a concrete discharge chute associated with a transit mixer vehicle is disclosed including a reversing motor connected to an output gear normally engaged to rotate with the motor through a gear reducer. A rotating chute swing gear is driven by the output gear and rotates a connected pivot assembly that carries one end of a discharge chute. A manual override system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Harris, Ted M. Daly
  • Discharge chute control system
    Publication number: 20020112936
    Abstract: A motor driven discharge chute control system for automatically controlling the lateral position of a concrete discharge chute associated with a transit mixer vehicle is disclosed including a reversing motor connected to an output gear normally engaged to rotate with the motor through a gear reducer. A rotating chute swing gear is driven by the output gear and rotates a connected pivot assembly that carries one end of a discharge chute. A manual override system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas J. Harris, Ted M. Daly
  • Saw assembly and lubrication system
    Patent number: 6324952
    Abstract: A bunching saw assembly for a timber harvesting machine includes a vertical spindle which drives a horizontally oriented, rotary saw disc. Upper and lower bearing sub-assemblies support the spindle in a saw assembly housing. The bearing sub-assemblies include roller bearings which operate in separate bearing cavities, supplied with lubricant through independent lubricant inlet passages, and vented through independent lubricant vent passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Blount, Inc.
    Inventor: Ted M. Daly