Clamp (e.g., C-clamp) Patents (Class 242/404.2)
  • Patent number: 10633226
    Abstract: A flange cover mounting and dismounting device, which comprises: a base part, comprising a fastener element with a fastener hole array, and being fastened on a flange cover mounting surface by the fastener hole array; and a jib arm assembly, having a first end being pivotally connected to the fastener element, and a second end being connected to the flange cover. The flange cover mounting and dismounting device can be fixed to the flange cover mounting surface having a corresponding fastener hole array, which is convenient for mounting and dismounting a flange cover. In addition, under most circumstances, the fastener hole array on the flange cover mounting surface is intrinsically owned by the devices, which originally can be applied to connect modules of each device or used for other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keli Dong, Michael A. Stark
  • Patent number: 10499624
    Abstract: A uniaxial winding device having a main body, comprising a main shaft provided on an upper part of the main body, and a fixed seat provided on a lower part of the main body, wherein the upper part of the main shaft is provided with a tapered block and a fixing pin which limits the tapered block, wherein a spool and locknut are mounted on the main shaft on a first side of the tapered block, wherein a rocker arm which is able to rotate the main shaft is provided on a second side of the tapered block, wherein a resistance adjusting mechanism is provided on the main shaft which can adjust the rotational resistance on the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: WEIHAI LANGBAO FISHING TACKEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xi Ren Wang
  • Patent number: 9693545
    Abstract: This invention removes fishing line from any type of reel, cleans it, dries it, and then by reversing the process, treats the line, tensions it as it is counted and rewinds it back on the reel. The entire apparatus is portable using either direct or alternating current. All fishermen, world wide, would like this invention because it would keep his equipment clean, avoid worry or a guilt trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Walter Blaine McIntyre
  • Patent number: 9561930
    Abstract: The invention concerns a devise being a flat lattice frame for holding string lights, such as Christmas lights, for tangle free storage designed to fit in a standard file storage box. It is designed in a manner for easy use, helps to minimize the required storage space and to approximately match the interior of a standard file box to provide vertical support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventor: Kurt Gordon Gremley
  • Patent number: 8578960
    Abstract: A gas supply system in the form of a winding device that includes a housing with an aperture, a spool, a one way bearing, an interval locking device, a universal shaft, a spring housing, a spring torque spool and a pair of spring grounding tabs, a main base that stabilizes the housing, a rotating shaft where the main base is disposed on the distal end of the rotating shaft, a rotational bearing that is disposed on the proximal end of the rotating shaft and connects the rotating shaft to the base clamp. The base clamp has a pair of corresponding apertures and secures the gas supply system to a tubular shaped object, and includes an adjustable clamp screw that has a handle and a threaded bolt wherein the proximal end of the threaded bolt is attached to and perpendicularly extends from the handle and the adjustable clamp screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Oliver Davis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8245965
    Abstract: A parallel conductor spool can support multiple independently rotating bays. The parallel conductor spool may be used to hold and pay-out materials. The parallel conductor spool can support independent rotation of the bays at differing rates to provide for paying-out conductors of varying sizes at different speeds. The parallel conductor spool may be modular and expandable to support various configurations. The parallel conductor spool may be formed of disposable or recyclable materials to reduce the cost and logistical complexity of returning the spool. The bays within the parallel conductor spool can be configured to accommodate changes in product size, type, lengths, and the number of items on, or bays within, the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: Timothy M. Andrea, Mark Dixon
  • Patent number: 7887002
    Abstract: A cable storage apparatus includes a standalone keyboard chassis having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a plurality of keys on the first side; a recessed area defined by the second side; and a cable support mounted in the recessed area and separated from the keys by the second side of the keyboard member, whereby a keyboard cable is stored in the chassis, the cable support having a first portion for wrapping a cable and a second portion for retaining the cable on the first portion, the second portion being removable from the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Jessica Woods Clark
  • Patent number: 7766270
    Abstract: A transportable insulated blanket roller has a support, and a riser coupled to and extending vertically from the support. A bearing support is coupled to the riser, and has an insulated blanket retaining rod passing through the bearing support. The rod has a bifurcation defining first and second insulated blanket holding rods that are operative to receive an insulated blanket therebetween. A crank produces a rotary motion in the retaining rod, in turn winding the blanket onto the blanket holding rods. The transportable insulated blanket roller is combined with a land vehicle having a trailer hitch receiver or comparable coupling or support, and an insulated blanket. A method of efficiently using the transportable insulated blanket roller at a construction site is also presented, including using the bifurcated roller to roll an unrolled insulated blanket, and then sliding the insulated blanket off of the bifurcated roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventor: Douglas D. Piepgras
  • Patent number: 7185839
    Abstract: A razor wire dispensing and retrieving apparatus for installing razor wire along a perimeter to create a protective border and collecting the wire when the border is no longer desired. The razor wire dispensing and receiving apparatus essentially comprises a frame with a wire hanger and a wire spreader. The wire hanger and spreader function to permit efficient dispensing, retrieving, and transport of razor wire. Moreover, the frame attaches to a variety of vehicles, including military vehicles. As the vehicle travels along a perimeter, the apparatus dispenses wire from the hanger while the spreader keeps the wire aligned. The apparatus also includes a means of pivoting the frame on a horizontal axis. Pivoting the frame down from the dispensing position permits the apparatus to be used as a wire-retrieving device. In this position, the wire is loaded back onto the hanger as the spreader keeps the wire aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventor: Samuel H. Albritton
  • Patent number: 6802471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple use cord-attached wrap-up device and optional accessory tool holder designed for use with hand-held electrical tools, electrical kitchen and bathroom appliances and cords of all types. The cord wrap-up device comprises a flat body member molded from resilient plastic or rubber having an integrally attached split cylindrical sleeve for attachment onto an electrical cord. The sleeve is designed to permit the wrap-up device to slide along a cord while remaining attached thereto. Arcuate recesses are provided at each end of the body member to receive and retain loops of an electrical cord. A number of cord trapping eyelets are located along one side of the body portion which are adapted to receive and grip the otherwise loose leading or trailing ends of a looped cord to prevent it from unwinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventor: Michael G. Gambrell
  • Patent number: 6742737
    Abstract: A fishing line feeder spool support comprises a pair of flexible arms which are adapted to grip a fishing rod ahead of a fishing reel mounted thereon. The feeder spool support comprises a threaded shaft which rotatably supports a spool of fishing line while the fishing line is installed onto the fishing reel through the operation of the reel crank. A flanged nut is threaded onto the shaft to hold the spool. The line tension can be adjusted by tightening the flanged nut against the spool, thereby adjusting the pulling force needed to remove line from the supply spool. A crankable supply spool can also be installed on the shaft to remove and store fishing line from the fishing reel for later replacement on the reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Conner
  • Patent number: 6634592
    Abstract: The invention is a portable and detachable wire and cable despooler firmly attaching to dimensional lumber at a construction site, the despooler accepting pre-wound spools of cable, flexible hose or wire, or accepting unspooled rolls of wire, flexible hose and cable on spools which are part of the invention. The despooler securely clamps onto the dimensional lumber and one or more spools are attached to T-shaped extending arms, the multiple spools of wire and cable attaching to the extending arms secured by a pin placed through the end of the extending arms, allowing for the unrolling or despooling of the wire, flexible hose or cable without twisting or tangle. The despooler also allows for multiple spools of material to be dispensed independent of each other, such independence often necessary when pulling wire in new or existing construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Inventor: James Berousek
  • Patent number: 6618891
    Abstract: A rotary drum release assembly includes a multiple of lock pins which engage a rotary drum shaft to lock and unlock a rotary drum to a drain cleaning machine without the need for tools. The rotary drum release assembly is mounted within a support frame assembly. A rotary drum shaft groove is located within a sleeve mounted to the support frame assembly to minimize localized weakening of the shaft. Rotation of an actuating handle engages cam surfaces with the lock pins to overcome their spring bias of the lock pins and simultaneously drive the lock pins away from the shaft to allow release of the drum. To mount the drum, the drum shaft is pushed into the sleeve and the lock pins are received into the shaft groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Masco Corporation
    Inventor: Randall Paul Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6609673
    Abstract: A fishing line feeding device for a fishing pole for easily transferring fishing line from a spool to a reel. The fishing line feeding device for a fishing pole includes a support member having a tongue portion and an elongate cross portion being attached to a top end of the tongue portion with the support member being removably supported upon a portion of the fishing pole and; and also includes lug members being spaced apart and being securely attached to the elongate cross portion for facilitating mounting of the fishing line feeding device upon the fishing pole; and further includes a spool support assembly including a shaft being securely attached to the tongue portion for supporting a spool; and also includes a fishing line handling assembly being securely attached to the lug members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Martin D. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20030052218
    Abstract: A device to hold a spare spool of trimmer line on a string trimmer while the trimmer is in use. The device has a clamp on its frame's lower surface (22) to attach it to the string trimmer's shaft, and elements (44A, 44B) on its frame's upper surface (20) to retain the spare spool of trimmer line. These elements use the spool's notched indexing lugs (34A, 34B) and spring (42) to retain the spare spool. The spare spool is placed into the device by compressing the spool's spring (42) and engaging the spool's notched indexing lugs (34A, 34B) onto pins (28A, 28B) located on curved slotted elements (24A, 25B) located on the upper surface of the device's frame (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Knizner
  • Patent number: 6460795
    Abstract: A reel mounted at the midpoint of a telescoping mast for antennas. The reel winds a multi-celled ribbon cable in two directions at once. The cable passes through the hub of the reel to feed in both winding directions. The reel is mounted on the mast with a clamp that fits a range of existing mast sizes, and distributes the stress of the reel on the mast sufficiently to avoid distortion of the mast. The reel preferably has a cable tensioner wheel on both cable feeds to prevent the cable from slipping off the reel. A selection of cables can be pulled through the multi-celled ribbon sheath by an installer to support a given installation. The outer plate of the reel can be easily removed to remove the cable sheath from the hub for changing the selection of cables in the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: James M. Brown, Jr.