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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 5536520
    Abstract: A substantially oil free fried flavor food product having a fried flavor obtained by cooking a starch and/or a protein from grain flours, vegetable flours, food protein source materials and the like with fats and oils under controlled conditions for producing roux, extracting the oil from the roux resulting in a food product having a definitive fried or peak flavor as can be correlated by the color of the food product. The substantially oil free food product has enhanced fried flavor and is most suitable as an interface coating through enhanced adhesion properties for raw vegetables and consumable meats. The dry powder food product having fried flavor can be utilized in a variety of foods, either as an ingredient or coating, producing a consumable food having fried flavor without the food being fried in oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Country Flavor, Inc.
    Inventors: W. R. Seeds, William A. McMinn, III
  • Patent number: 5536522
    Abstract: Peak flavor protein rouxs having applications in food products such as gravies, sauces, soups, breadings, stuffings and as flavor carriers are produced from protein food sources such as protein concentrates from vegetable, animal, dairy, fish and foul food sources which when mixed with shortening and caramelized to a specific color yields a peak flavor roux caramelized protein. The protein roux exhibiting a peak flavor which is correlatable to a specific color is achieved as a result of mixing, heating, caramelizing and quenching of the protein food source and oil mixture upon reaching a specific color--peak flavor. In addition, a snack chip composition and a snack chip having reduced oil content is provided by utilizing the peak flavor rouxs in conjunction with power or particulate vegetable sources and processed by air baking of the chip materials resulting in a reduced oil peak flavor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Country Flavor, Inc.
    Inventors: W. R. Seeds, William A. McMinn, III