Bone screw and method of using same

    公开(公告)号:US11607256B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16657592

    申请日:2019-10-18

    申请人: ALEVIO, LLC

    摘要: A bone screw and method of using the same for immobilizing a joint, the bone screw including a screw head, an elongate shaft having a threaded outer wall and a helically-shaped slot extending through the outer wall and longitudinally along the shaft. The slot extends longitudinally along a middle section of the threaded outer wall, terminating short of the proximal and distal ends of the shaft, or the slot extends through the distal end and/or to the proximal end of the shaft immediately adjacent to the screw head. The slot includes a cutting edge that is arranged to engage bone when the screw advances therethrough for cutting away a portion of the bone. A reservoir is located within the elongate shaft for collecting bone that is cut away or removed by the cutting edge.

    Return tee for hot water recirculation system

    公开(公告)号:US11421896B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16745528

    申请日:2020-01-17

    申请人: Eric McCain

    发明人: Eric McCain

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a hot water recirculation system with a return tee. The system includes a water heater, several supply lines, and a return tee. The hot water supply line is communicatively coupled to the water heater and at least one fixture and provides heated water from the water heater to the at least one fixture. The cold water supply line provides cold water from a cold water source to the water heater. Finally, the return line is communicatively coupled to the hot water supply line and delivers cooled water from the hot water supply line to the water heater. A return tee is communicatively coupled to the return line, the cold water supply line, and the water heater. This return tee provides cooled water from the return line and cold water from the cold water supply line to the water heater, which heats the water.

    Dispensing closure
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    公开(公告)号:US11204272B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US16070476

    申请日:2017-01-18

    摘要: A push-button dispensing closure is provided and comprises a dispensing passage, a push button and a dosing chamber. The closure is movable between a first, closed position in which: the push button is released, the dosing chamber can fill with flowable product, and product cannot pass from the dosing chamber to the dispensing passage; and a second, open position in which: the push button is depressed such that product can flow from the dosing chamber through the dispensing passage and product cannot flow into the dosing chamber.

    Low profile break-off check valve for wet barrel hydrant

    公开(公告)号:US10767775B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16269861

    申请日:2019-02-07

    申请人: McWane, Inc.

    摘要: A hydrant valve assembly including a valve body including an exit end, a lip extending radially outward from the exit end, a valve seat and a first valve member selectively movable between a first orientation whereby the first valve member is not engaged with the valve seat and a second orientation whereby the first valve member is engaged with the valve seat. An annular retaining plate is supported on the exit end of the valve body and includes a first rod extending downwardly into the valve body, the first rod being arranged to selectively maintain the first valve member in the first orientation. A flange is detachably engaged with and concentrically arranged around the lip, and a barrel is supported on the retaining plate. A plurality of connectors extends through the barrel, the retaining plate and the flange for rigidly coupling the barrel to the retaining plate and flange.

    Pine straw baling apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US10596776B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US14978967

    申请日:2015-12-22

    发明人: Matt Lowe

    IPC分类号: B30B9/30

    摘要: An apparatus and method for baling plant materials such as grasses, leaves and pine straw a hydraulic power unit, a conveyor operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit, a hopper for depositing the material on a proximal end of the conveyor and a baler operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit and arranged for receiving a material from the conveyor. The power unit, conveyor and baler are supported on a trailer. An electronic control system is operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit, the conveyor and the baler for automatically suspending operation of the conveyor when the baler contains a sufficient amount of material for initiating bundling of the material and automatically resuming operation of the conveyor following dispensing of a bundle of the material from the baler.

    Method of manufacturing bell socketed plastic pipes

    公开(公告)号:US10596751B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US14817923

    申请日:2015-08-04

    申请人: McWane, Inc.

    摘要: The present disclosure generally pertains to methods for manufacturing an improved plastic pipe. One method includes the steps of: providing a plastic pipe; heating a plastic pipe; inserting a mandrel into the heated plastic pipe to form a bell socket end, wherein the mandrel includes a Rieber gasket and a dummy gasket spanning the outer surface of the mandrel; cooling the plastic pipe; and removing the mandrel from the plastic pipe, wherein the Rieber gasket and dummy gasket remain within a gasket cavity formed in the newly-formed bell socket end of the plastic pipe. The method results in the bell socket end of the pipe having an interior diameter greater than the exterior diameter of the opposing, spigot end of the pipe, wherein the bell socket end further includes a gasket cavity with a greater diameter than the remainder of the bell socket end.

    Blocks and molds for building landscape walls and methods of making the blocks

    公开(公告)号:US10584482B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-10

    申请号:US16356686

    申请日:2019-03-18

    申请人: Vaughn Fryfogle

    发明人: Vaughn Fryfogle

    摘要: The present disclosure generally pertains to blocks for building landscape walls and similar structures, the molds used to make the blocks, and the methods for making the blocks. Such block can be securely coupled to another block. A block can be vertically coupled to another block by coupling the dorsal face of one block to the ventral face of another block. The block can be horizontally coupled by coupling the male side of one block to the female side of another block. A secure, exemplary landscape wall may be created by coupling the blocks both horizontally and vertically to reach a desired height, width, and shape.