Patents by Inventor Theodore L. Menge, Sr.

Theodore L. Menge, Sr. 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: 5269734
    Abstract: A gear reducing device which includes a housing, an input drive system characterized by an input shaft having one end projecting from one end of the housing and the opposite end rotatably terminating in one end of an output shaft, a spur and pinion gear mounted on the input shaft, a pair of input spur gears seated in oppositely-disposed relationship on the spur and pinion gear and carrying corresponding auxiliary spur gears, a disc rotatably mounted on the output shaft and receiving the input spur gears and auxiliary spur gears, and an output shaft spur gear keyed to the output shaft and rotatably engaging each of the auxiliary spur gears. The input spur gears and auxiliary spur gears are rotatably seated in pairs on separate spur gear shafts which are press-fitted in spaced relationship along a first diameter of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Inventor: Theodore L. Menge, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5074829
    Abstract: A combination chain and gear reducing device which includes a housing, an input drive system characterized by an input shaft having one end projecting from one end of the housing and the opposite end rotatably terminating in one end of an output shaft, a spur and pinion gear mounted on the input shaft, a pair of spur gears in oppositely-disposed relationship on the spur and pinion gear and carrying corresponding auxiliary spur gears, a disc rotatably mounted on the output shaft and receiving the spur gears and auxiliary spur gears, and an output shaft spur gear keyed to the output shaft and rotatably engaging each of the auxiliary spur gears. The spur gears and auxiliary spur gears are rotatably seated in pairs on separate spur gear shafts which are press-fitted in spaced relationship along a first diameter of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Theodore L. Menge, Sr.