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Kerry W Miller

Michael W Miller

An insulation blower having hands-free metered feeding. Insulation is stripped from a supply bale and fed into a plurality of chambers of a rotating chamber wheel. The rate at which insulation is fed into the chambers is metered by a feeder assembly which eats through the bale. As the filled chambers sequentially pass through an air lock, the insulation therein is blown out of a lower airlock port and into a delivery tube. Air from a blower is introduced into the airlock through a metered airbox which allows adjustment of the amount of air delivered to the airlock and hence the rate of insulation blown through the delivery tube. Closing off the airbox completely causes air from the blower to enter the delivery tube directly (bypassing the airbox and airlock) in order to clear obstructions in the delivery tube.

Insulation blower having hands-free metered feeding

The thermal insulation blower of the present invention is built around a vertically oriented air lock system. The insulation blower is capable of being configured for high delivery rates suitable for open area blowing and is capable of being reconfigured for lower delivery rates as a through-the-blower system for closed area blowing operations. The insulation blower includes a metering feeder assembly which can be adjusted to control the rate at which a bale of insulation is ripped and fed into the air lock system. The thermal insulation blower of the present invention also includes a bypass system around the air lock which serves to automatically clear impending plugs of insulation material in the delivery hose.

A watercraft hull protector for preventing damage to the lower bow surface of a waterborne craft such as a boat or jet ski, comprising a thin, elongated, flexible, but waterproof sheet-like member having a length substantially greater than the width thereof, and capable of being wound into a roll along the elongated length thereof for storage purposes. An elongated cord element coupled through a grommet located adjacent the center of a reinforced portion extending transversely across the front end portion of the sheet-like member facilitates deploying the mat on the shoreline with a substantial portion of the sheet-like member extending out of the water, traversing the muddy, rocky portion of the bank adjacent the water line, and with the rear end portion of the mat submerged below the water line. An elongated weight extending transversely across the rear end exerts a downward force on the rear end portion of the sheet-like member to retain the rearward portion of the mat in position submerged below the water line. The sheet-like member includes a surface for engagement with the beach, and an upper nonslip surface upon which a user can step while moving between the shore and the craft without treading on the muddy, rocky soil of the bank. The protector, when deployed, supports the hull of the waterborne craft and protects the hull of the craft when the craft is manipulated onto the protector during beaching.

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Bluffton, IN, United States of America

Kerry W Miller