Gary Ray Palmer

US Patent:

7137876, Nov 21, 2006

Filed:

Dec 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/316541

Inventors:

Joseph Immordino, Jr. - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Gary E. Palmer - Buchanan TN, US

Assignee:

Woodhead Industries, Inc. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

B24B 23/02

US Classification:

451353, 451 15, 451380

Abstract:

The head assembly of a floor burnisher is suspended by a main lift assembly and a fine adjustment assembly. The main lift moves the head assembly between a raised position in which the pad assembly is raised and tilted for access, and a lowered position in which the pad driver is suspended slightly above the floor, ready for use. The fine adjustment assembly permits the operator to control very accurately and conveniently the final operating pressure of the pad when the burnisher is turned on.

US Patent:

48037532, Feb 14, 1989

Filed:

Oct 19, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/110130

Inventors:

Gary E. Palmer - Roselle IL

Assignee:

Hako Minuteman, Inc. - Addison IL

International Classification:

A47L 700

US Classification:

45320

Abstract:

A self-propelled carpet scrubbing machine includes a solution tank for storing cleaning solution and a recovery tank for storing the dirty recovered solution. The machine is front-wheel driven and includes a rear axle which is mounted by means of a resilient member which permits it to rock about a central axis extending in the direction of travel to insure that all four wheels, and principally the drive wheels, are in contact at all times with the surface being cleaned. A vacuum recovery assembly is mounted by cushioned spring assemblies which permit the vacuum recovery assembly to rock upwardly thereby permitting the machine to be operated in reverse, without having to raise the assembly. When the machine is then returned to forward motion, the vacuum recovery assembly rotates back to the normal use position. The scrub brush is adjustable relative to the height of the carpet being cleaned whereas the vacuum shoe is always maintained in the same position relative to the carpet and under uniform pressure for more efficient and reliable recovery of the spent solution.

US Patent:

RE349801, Jun 27, 1995

Filed:

Nov 5, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/148687

Inventors:

Jerome E. Rau - Hoffman Estates IL
Gary E. Palmer - Roselle IL
Rick McLeod - Lake In The Hills IL
Margaret Karadimas - Bloomingdale IL

Assignee:

Minuteman International, Inc. - Addison IL

International Classification:

B01D 4600

US Classification:

55467

Abstract:

A vacuum motor and fan are mounted within a housing, the lower end of which receives a high efficiency particle filter. The bottom of the housing includes a series of projections adapted to be received in corresponding apertures on an upper flange of the filter to prevent replacing the filter with an improper one. The projection/apertures also promote proper seating of the seal between the filter canister and the housing. A separate projection on the filter engages and actuates a lock-out switch carried by the housing to permit the machine to operate only when the filter is of proper size and capacity and it is properly seated on the housing.

US Patent:

51271249, Jul 7, 1992

Filed:

Mar 11, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/667637

Inventors:

Gary E. Palmer - Roselle IL
Alexander Buziuk - Schiller Park IL
Rick McLeod - Lake In The Hills IL
Ronald J. Smith - Carol Stream IL

Assignee:

Hako Minuteman, Inc. - Addison IL

International Classification:

A47L 1114

US Classification:

15 98

Abstract:

Apparatus for adjusting the height above the floor of a plate to which is attached a pad in a rotary floor machine to accommodate pads having a range of thicknesses includes a yoke disposed about the generally vertical support shaft of a caster positioned within a centrally-located aperture in the pad in contact with the floor. The yoke is also disposed about and supports a rotational drive arrangement coupled to the plate and includes a ring bearing to facilitate rotational displacement of the drive arrangement within the yoke. One end of the yoke is pivotally coupled to the machine's housing, while a manually adjustable coupler attaches a second, opposed end of the yoke to the housing to permit raising and lowering of the yoke in a pivoting manner. Disposed within the yoke and engaging the rotational drive arrangement is a gimbal-like suspension arrangement which maintains the drive arrangement vertical (perpendicular to the floor) and the pad plate horizontal as the yoke is pivotally raised and lowered to accommodate pads having a range of thicknesses. By maintaining the pad plate horizontal regardless of its height above the floor, uniform contact with the floor over the entire lower surface of the pad is ensured.

US Patent:

48933759, Jan 16, 1990

Filed:

Mar 17, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/325559

Inventors:

Richard L. Girman - Glen Ellyn IL
Gary E. Palmer - Roselle IL
Gust G. Gotsis - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Hako Minuteman, Inc. - Addison IL
Restaurant Technology, Inc. - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

A47L 700

US Classification:

15321

Abstract:

A portable floor scrubbing machine, which preferably is battery-powered, may operate in two distinct modes: either as a walk-behind floor scrubber or as a manually-operated, scrub-and-recover system using a floor wand having a cleaning solution dispenser and convertible brush/squeegee at the working end of the wand for use in locations with difficult access.

US Patent:

47590947, Jul 26, 1988

Filed:

Oct 19, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/109925

Inventors:

Gary E. Palmer - Roselle IL
Jerome E. Rau - Hoffman Estates IL

Assignee:

Hako Minuteman, Inc. - Addison IL

International Classification:

A47L 1130

US Classification:

15320

Abstract:

A carpet scrubbing machine includes a solution tank for storing cleaning solution and a recovery tank for storing the dirty recovered solution. A molded, shaped flexible pocket is mounted between the tanks and adapted for movement between a normal position in which the pocket extends into the recovery tank and an inverted position in which the pocket extends into the solution tank, thereby providing more room for cleaning solution at the start of a cycle and greater room for recovered solution at the end of a cycle.

US Patent:

47122706, Dec 15, 1987

Filed:

Feb 2, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/009837

Inventors:

Gary E. Palmer - Roselle IL

Assignee:

Hako Minuteman, Inc. - Addison IL

International Classification:

A47L 514

US Classification:

15345

Abstract:

A brake drum encapsulator includes a wire frame in a generally cylindrical shape with a cover surrounding the frame and having a closed end and an open end. The brake drum assembly is received in the open end of the cover which is then closed about the brake drum and evacuated. The cover is made of a material which is light weight, flexible, transparent and gas impermeable to give the operator full visibility to the interior. The cover has a pair of gloves integrally formed in it to permit the operator to have access to the interior. A hand-operated air gun for cleaning the brake drums is also attached to the closed end of the cover. The closed end of the cover preferrably has a frustoconical portion which allows the operator to move his hands and the air gun back and forth as well as laterally within the encapsulator for servicing the brake drum.

US Patent:

57847533, Jul 28, 1998

Filed:

Dec 26, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/778041

Inventors:

Kenneth A. Kaczmarz - Hoffman Estates IL
Jesse V. Mondigo - Aurora IL
Gary Edward Palmer - Roselle IL

Assignee:

Minuteman International, Inc. - Addison IL

International Classification:

A47L 928

US Classification:

15319

Abstract:

A portable carpet cleaning machine has a tank for storing a cleaning solution and a hand-actuatable spray nozzle for applying the solution under pressure. A vacuum motor drives a fan which produces a vacuum in a recovery tank for storing spent solution. Air flows through the recovery tank and the vacuum fan to exhaust. A fast-acting, heat-sensitive thermostatic switch is connected in electrical circuit and in heat transfer relation with the vacuum motor winding to interrupt the flow of current in the motor winding immediately upon sensing a temperature rise in the winding above a predetermined temperature and in a very short time after overflow water is passed from the recovery tank to the vacuum fan.

Author:

Gary Palmer

ISBN #:

0470034548

Author:

Gary B. Palmer

ISBN #:

0292765681

Author:

Gary B. Palmer

ISBN #:

9027238944