Emerson Electric Company

Briggs & Stratton, LLC

Sta-rite Industries Inc.

Ark-les U.S. Controls Corporation

Richard A Junk

Cynthia C Jara-Almonte

Thomas R Berger

Steven P Hanson

Ryan S Jaskowiak

Scott W Anderson

Randall E Hammer

Nicholas J Hirsch

Shane O'Connor

Joseph G Farmerie

David Malcom Howie

Andy J Bingen

Gregory G Wesolowski

Craig R Butzlaff

Cynthia C Jara-almonte

Resiliently movable fingers receive a portion of a foldable handle therebetween to retain the handle against folding relative to a frame.

Foldable handle retainer

A brake assembly for use with a portable generator includes a frame, a shaft, a brake surface, and an actuator. The frame is designed to be attached to the portable generator. The shaft is supported by the frame, and the brake surface is connected to an end of the shaft. The actuator includes a foot pedal, a cam, and a pivot, where the pivot is coupled to both the foot pedal and the cam and provides for rotation of the foot pedal and the cam about a portion of the frame. The cam of the actuator translates the shaft between a released position and a braked position during operation of the brake assembly.

Brake assembly for a portable generator

A retainer extends across first and second overlapping hinged beams to retain the hinged beams against pivotal movement.

Hinged beam retainer

A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. The grinding ring is received in a housing of a grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism has a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings that are disposed outboard of the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding ring.

Food waste disposer with grinding mechanism with windowed grind ring

A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. A backing member receives the grinding ring and defines a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding plate.

Food waste disposer grinding mechanism

A shredder plate assembly for a food waste disposer includes a disk with one or more water slinging devices attached, so that water flowing into the disposer flows over the water slinging device and against the inside of the disposer housing as the disk rotates.

Food waste disposer clean-out mechanism

Shredder plate for a food waste disposer

Shredder plate for food waste disposer

Grind ring for a food waste disposer

An improved pump for washing machines provides resistance to roping of filamentary materials through the use of a single vane impeller. A combination of high clearance and elastomeric vane and asymmetry of the impeller serve to prevent or reduce clogging caused by filamentary materials.

Washing machine pump having a single vane impeller

Disclosed is a new method for making a component having interior and exterior threads. Such method includes the steps of providing a thread-forming apparatus having first and second circumferential threaded portions defining a space between them. Such space is filled with a flowable material, e.g., hot plastic, which is permitted to solidify and form the component. The apparatus and the component are then separated from one another by rotating such apparatus so that both threaded portions unscrew from the component. The finished component has interior and exterior threads which are simultaneously formed and substantially free of flashing. The new thread-forming apparatus has a first threaded portion and a pocket. A plug is in the pocket and has a second threaded portion spaced from the first threaded portion.

Method and apparatus for making a component having interior and exterior

An eyeball assembly for use in an eyeball fitting. The eyeball assembly includes a passage for allowing water flow therethrough, and the passage is adapted to accept an insert for adjusting the discharge orifice of the eyeball or governing the direction of discharge therefrom. Various inserts are adapted for placement within the eyeball passage. The eyeball passage is configured so as to provide an area of minimum transverse dimension, and the inserts are configured so as to provide an end which has a transverse dimension slightly greater than the minimum eyeball passage dimension. The inserts are adapted to be engaged within the eyeball passage by means of a push-on force substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the eyeball passage, causing the inserts to 'snap' within the eyeball passage to provide a secure engagement therebetween. The inserts are difficult to remove by manual force, but, with the aid of a tool, can be removed from the eyeball for replacement or interchangeability.

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Elkhorn, WI, United States of America

Richard A Junk