Patents by Inventor Tony A. Llamas

Tony A. Llamas 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: 6564679
    Abstract: An appliance clutch removal and installation tool for providing a convenient device for removing and installing an appliance clutch. The appliance clutch removal and installation tool includes a body member preferably having a relatively elongate structure, a first handle and a second handle attached to an upper end of the body member, and a plurality of cutouts extending into a lower end of the body member defining a plurality of engaging members. Each of the engaging members has a first side and a second side tapering inwardly from the exterior of the body member. The plurality of cutouts receive a corresponding plurality of teeth from the clutch member wherein the plurality of engaging members engage the teeth. The user rotates the body member while securing the threaded shaft thereby removing or installing the clutch member about the threaded shaft of the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventors: Tony A. Llamas, Ken P. Glaser
  • Publication number: 20030079574
    Abstract: An appliance clutch removal and installation tool for providing a convenient device for removing and installing an appliance clutch. The appliance clutch removal and installation tool includes a body member preferably having a relatively elongate structure, a first handle and a second handle attached to an upper end of the body member, and a plurality of cutouts extending into a lower end of the body member defining a plurality of engaging members. Each of the engaging members has a first side and a second side tapering inwardly from the exterior of the body member. The plurality of cutouts receive a corresponding plurality of teeth from the clutch member wherein the plurality of engaging members engage the teeth. The user rotates the body member while securing the threaded shaft thereby removing or installing the clutch member about the threaded shaft of the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Tony A. Llamas, Ken P. Glaser