Patents by Inventor William McMinn

William McMinn 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: 12122063
    Abstract: A cutting device for cutting a pipe having a pipe wall. The cutting device includes an elongate carrier having a tool end which is engageable with a power tool and an opposed free end. The device includes a guide wheel located at the free end of the carrier which is loosely mounted thereon for rotation relative thereto, having a bearing surface extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier. The device also includes a cutting element having a peripheral cutting edge which is located adjacent to the guide wheel being positioned intermediate the guide wheel and the tool end. The cutting element is of greater transverse dimension than the guide wheel so that when the bearing surface bears against an internal surface of the pipe the distance between the cutting edge of the cutting element and the bearing surface enables the cutting element to cut through the pipe wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Frelk Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fraser Thomas O'Keefe, Andrew Loch, William McMinn, Michael James Elkington
  • Publication number: 20240066741
    Abstract: A cutting device for cutting a pipe having a pipe wall. The cutting device includes an elongate carrier having a tool end which is engageable with a power tool and an opposed free end. The device includes a guide wheel located at the free end of the carrier which is loosely mounted thereon for rotation relative thereto, having a bearing surface extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier. The device also includes a cutting element having a peripheral cutting edge which is located adjacent to the guide wheel being positioned intermediate the guide wheel and the tool end. The cutting element is of greater transverse dimension than the guide wheel so that when the bearing surface bears against an internal surface of the pipe the distance between the cutting edge of the cutting element and the bearing surface enables the cutting element to cut through the pipe wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Frelk Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fraser Thomas O'Keefe, Andrew Loch, William McMinn, Michael James Elkington
  • Patent number: 11752653
    Abstract: A cutting device for cutting a pipe having a pipe wall includes an elongate carrier having a tool end which is engageable with a power tool, and a free end. The device includes a guide wheel located at the free end of the carrier, which is mounted thereon for rotation relative thereto, having a bearing surface extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier. The device also includes a cutting element having a peripheral cutting edge which is located adjacent to the guide wheel being positioned intermediate the guide wheel and the tool end. The cutting element is of greater transverse dimension than the guide wheel so that when the bearing surface bears against an internal surface of the pipe the distance between the cutting edge of the cutting element and the bearing surface enables the cutting element to cut through the pipe wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Frelk Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fraser Thomas O'Keefe, Andrew Loch, William McMinn, Michael James Elkington
  • Publication number: 20220274280
    Abstract: A cutting device for cutting a pipe having a pipe wall includes an elongate carrier having a tool end which is engageable with a power tool, and a free end. The device includes a guide wheel located at the free end of the carrier, which is mounted thereon for rotation relative thereto, having a bearing surface extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier. The device also includes a cutting element having a peripheral cutting edge which is located adjacent to the guide wheel being positioned intermediate the guide wheel and the tool end. The cutting element is of greater transverse dimension than the guide wheel so that when the bearing surface bears against an internal surface of the pipe the distance between the cutting edge of the cutting element and the bearing surface enables the cutting element to cut through the pipe wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Frelk Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fraser Thomas O'Keefe, Andrew Loch, William McMinn, Michael James Elkington
  • Patent number: 8286269
    Abstract: A hard hat with attached glasses including a hard hat including a dome portion, the dome portion having an interior surface defining a dome space for receiving a wearer's head and said interior surface including a generally vertical front portion, a pair of glasses and a connection system connecting said pair of glasses to said hard hat, the connection system adapted to allow adjustment of the position of the glasses inside said dome space and down out of said dome space and pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventors: David J. Springer, William McMinn
  • Publication number: 20120125168
    Abstract: A cutting device (10) for cutting a pipe (32) having a pipe wall is disclosed. The cutting device (10) includes an elongate carrier (12) having a tool end (12.1) which is engageable with a power tool and an opposed free end (12.2). The device (10) includes a guide wheel (16) located at the free end (12.2) of the carrier (12) which is loosely mounted thereon for rotation relative thereto, having a bearing surface (34) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier (12). The device (10) also includes a cutting element (14) having a peripheral cutting edge (36) which is located adjacent to the guide wheel (16) being positioned intermediate the guide wheel 16 and the tool end (12.1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Frelk Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Fraser Thomas O'Keefe, Andrew Loch, William McMinn, Michael James Elkington
  • Publication number: 20090235437
    Abstract: A hard hat with attached glasses including a hard hat including a dome portion, the dome portion having an interior surface defining a dome space for receiving a wearer's head and said interior surface including a generally vertical front portion, a pair of glasses and a connection system connecting said pair of glasses to said hard hat, the connection system adapted to allow adjustment of the position of the glasses inside said dome space and down out of said dome space and pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: David John Springer, William McMinn