Patents by Inventor William H. McMahon

William H. McMahon 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: 6622410
    Abstract: An adapter clip for receiving an auxiliary rail having an upper slot and a lower slot, the adapter clip being shaped to be received in a shelf edge having an upper and lower groove. The adapter clip includes an upper flange and a lower flange, the upper and lower flanges being shaped to be received in the upper and lower groove, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the shelf edge. The adapter clip further includes an upper tang and a lower tang, the upper and lower tangs being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the auxiliary rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Alan Wilkes, Thomas R. Kruer, David Kenneth Memke, Jon Charles Heisler, William H. McMahon
  • Publication number: 20020146282
    Abstract: An adapter clip for receiving an auxiliary rail having an upper slot and a lower slot, the adapter clip being shaped to be received in a shelf edge having an upper and lower groove. The adapter clip comprises an upper flange and a lower flange, the upper and lower flanges being shaped to be received in the upper and lower groove, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the shelf edge. The adapter clip further comprises an upper tang and a lower tang, the upper and lower tangs being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the auxiliary rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: DEREK ALAN WILKES, THOMAS R. KRUER, DAVID KENNETH MEMKE, JON CHARLES HEISLER, WILLIAM H. MCMAHON
  • Patent number: 6407351
    Abstract: A thread covering assembly for threaded shafts of food equipment components such as scale adjustment feet includes at least one thread cover positioned around the threaded shaft and moveable along the length of the threaded shaft for preventing the threads of the shaft from being exposed to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: James C. Meyer, William H. McMahon, Kinred Bowling
  • Patent number: 5238099
    Abstract: A conveying system includes a first continuous belt supported horizontally at two ends by a pair of rollers. A plurality of balls are mounted to the belt for rotation. A second conveyor belt is positioned within the space between the rollers defined by the upper and lower portions of the first belt such that the upper surface of the second belt contacts the balls of the first belt. As the two belts are rotated, articles may be conveyed by the first belt and rotation of the balls by the second belt causes the articles to move diagonally over the upper surface of the first belt whereupon they may be justified to one side or the other of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Premark FEG Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Schroeder, William H. McMahon
  • Patent number: 4582259
    Abstract: A method of forming a spray nozzle along a fluid conduit includes forming a hole into a length of tubing and then providing a countersink for the hole. A portion of the tubing is then depressed inwardly along an imaginary line along the tubing outer surface that is parallel to the central tube axis and that passes over the hole. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Hobart Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Hoover, William H. McMahon
  • Patent number: 4285352
    Abstract: A chemically sanitizing rinse solution is prepared in batches of variable sizes, but with a preselected substantially constant proportion of water and chemical sanitizing agent, in a rinse solution mixing tank, for demand consumption on a continuous duty basis, by delivering the sanitizing agent to, and by admitting fresh water into, the mixing tank in response to predetermined level changes of the solution therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: Hobart Corporation
    Inventors: William H. McMahon, Louis F. Fraula, Stuart E. Athey, Thomas M. Johnson, Terrence W. Moore
  • Patent number: 4280520
    Abstract: A liquid collection pan in the wash compartment below the opening thereinto from the prewash compartment has a shielded slot directed toward the opening which captures and returns liquid entering the wash compartment from the prewash compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Hobart Corporation
    Inventors: Louis F. Fraula, William H. McMahon, Thomas B. Heckman