Ernest Lee Scott

US Patent:

46100474, Sep 9, 1986

Filed:

Apr 11, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/722316

Inventors:

Larry C. Dick - North Olmsted OH
Ernest R. Scott - Mayfield Heights OH

Assignee:

The Scott & Fetzer Company - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

A47L 530

US Classification:

15319

Abstract:

An upright vacuum cleaner has a removable powered brush vacuum nozzle which can be removed and replaced without operation of a belt lifter. The power linkage from the cleaner's fan motor to the nozzle brush includes a positive-drive clutch, and control means active at the inception of each operation of the cleaner in the brush-and-vacuum mode to engage the clutch prior to starting the fan motor and active at the conclusion of operation of the cleaner in the brush-and-vacuum mode to disengage the clutch only after stopping the fan motor.

US Patent:

56474075, Jul 15, 1997

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/471824

Inventors:

Ernest D. Scott - Delray Beach FL
Donald L. Tedder - Carrollton GA
Gregory W. Scott - Jacksonville Beach FL
John Kohls - Pinellas Park FL
Richard Kohls - Pinellas Park FL

Assignee:

Edge Technology Corporation - Delray Beach FL

International Classification:

B21F 902

US Classification:

1401235

Abstract:

An electronic system for controlling the operation of a hand-held pull strap closure unit. The system includes a central processing unit which controls peripheral circuitry for directing commands to a motor within the hand-held unit. The system further includes a circuit for monitoring motor torque and a hand-held unit identification circuit for identifying each unit with an individualized code. The CPU may be accessed via an external communications port to store user-selected operational parameters in a memory circuit. These parameters may include time of day, calendar, and motor torque limits for each device.

US Patent:

43493610, Sep 14, 1982

Filed:

Oct 5, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/308576

Inventors:

Ernest R. Scott - Mayfield Heights OH
William D. Bowers - Avon OH

Assignee:

The Scott & Fetzer Company - Lakewood OH

International Classification:

B01D 4602

US Classification:

55357

Abstract:

There is disclosed a quick-connect-disconnect coupling for attaching a flexible dirt-receiving bag to the handle of an upright vacuum cleaner. The coupling includes first and second coupling members, respectively, which are rigidly attached to the handle and to the bag, with the second member rigidly supporting at least a major portion of a bag-supporting casing as a cantilever. The first coupling member defines a pocket in which there is provided a fixed member and a movable member. The movable member is biased toward the fixed member, and the second coupling member is adapted to be releasably inserted between the fixed and movable members. The movable and fixed members cooperate with the second coupling member to define a one-way ratchet which is releasable upon movement of the movable member away from the fixed member.

US Patent:

50319434, Jul 16, 1991

Filed:

Dec 17, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/626426

Inventors:

Ernest D. Scott - Delray Beach FL
Donald L. Tedder - Carrollton GA
Gregory Scott - Jacksonville Beach FL

Assignee:

Edge Technology Corporation - Delray Beach FL

International Classification:

B65D 3334

US Classification:

292307R

Abstract:

A one-piece tamper-proof bundling strap comprised of a head-end portion defining an aperture therethrough, the head-end portion being integrally connected to an elongated narrow body portion, the aperture in the head-end portion corresponding generally to the cross-sectional configuration of the body portion. The head-end portion and the body portion have a locking means integrally associated therewith for preventing reverse movement of the body portion relative to the head-end portion when the body portion is looped upon itself and disposed within the aperture of the head-end portion. The locking means is comprised of a plurality of serrations oriented along a portion of the length of the body portion and a plurality of projecting teeth members disposed within said through-aperture adapted to lock against the serrations when the body portion is looped upon itself and drawn through the aperture in the head-end portion. The strap is a one-piece unit constructed of a single, preferably brittle material which will fracture when exposed to tampering forces.

US Patent:

49551035, Sep 11, 1990

Filed:

Dec 9, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/282466

Inventors:

Ernest R. Scott - Mayfield Heights OH
James C. Murphy - Broadview Heights OH

Assignee:

The Scott Fetzer Company - Westlake OH

International Classification:

A47L 928

US Classification:

15319

Abstract:

A vacuum cleaner has an adjustable-height suction nozzle. A diaphragm switch is mounted in the housing inside the nozzle and determines a differential air pressure of the operating vacuum cleaner. Voltage source terminals are self-energizing with the rotation of a rotatable brush inside the nozzle and an indicator lamp is illuminated, or extinguished, upon developing a proper suction as establised by the proper adjusted height of the nozzle relative to the floor surface. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.

US Patent:

43983162, Aug 16, 1983

Filed:

Jan 13, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/339107

Inventors:

Ernest R. Scott - Mayfield Heights OH
Raymond J. Strnad - Avon OH

Assignee:

The Scott & Fetzer Company - Westlake OH

International Classification:

A47L 928

US Classification:

15332

Abstract:

An electrical switch mechanism for energizing and varying the speed of a vacuum cleaner motor is responsive to the particular interchangeable cleaning attachment mounted on the housing of the vacuum cleaner. Fixed and movable electrical contacts of the switch mechanism are enclosed within and protected by the housing. A spring-biased linkage element connected to the movable contact passes through a wall of the housing and engages with one end of a multiposition cranklike linkage element pivotably fixed on that face of the housing supporting a cleaning attachment. Each attachment includes a switch-activating lug engageable with the other end of the cranklike element to move the movable contacts, via the linkage elements, from a normal open circuit position to one or the other of two closed circuit motor energizing positions.

US Patent:

52129284, May 25, 1993

Filed:

Nov 30, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/621215

Inventors:

Ernest D. Scott - Delray Beach FL
Donald L. Tedder - Carrollton GA
Gregory Scott - Jacksonville Beach FL

Assignee:

Edge Technology Corporation - Delray Beach FL

International Classification:

B65B 5108

US Classification:

53417

Abstract:

A method for drawing a bundling strap taut about the neck of a flexible container such as a bank bag, said bundling strap comprised of an elongated body portion having a plurality of serrations disposed along side edges thereof adapted to mate in locking contact with corresponding teeth members projecting into an aperture in a head-end portion connected to said strap body, the method utilizing an automatic bundling strap tensioning apparatus characterized by a reversible motor means connected to a reciprocating means for gripping moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, comprised of the steps of: looping said bundling strap about the open neck of said flexible container; inserting the tail end of the strap through the aperture defined by the head-end portion of the strap; pulling said tail-end of said strap completely through said aperture until at least the first set of serrations of the strap body are engaged by said teeth members projecting upwardly into the interior of the aperture, thereby locking the strap body against reverse movement relative to said head-end portion; inserting the tail-end portion of the strap in said means for gripping; causing said means for gripping to move from the extended to the retracted position, thereby pulling the strap body further through said aperture and closing the neck of the flexible container.

US Patent:

56283482, May 13, 1997

Filed:

Mar 3, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/400289

Inventors:

Ernest D. Scott - Delray Beach FL
Donald L. Tedder - Carrollton GA
Gregory Scott - Jacksonville Beach FL

Assignee:

Edge Technology Corporation

International Classification:

B21F 902

US Classification:

1401235

Abstract:

An electronic system for controlling the operation of a hand-held pull strap closure unit. The system includes a central processing unit which controls peripheral circuitry for directing commands to a motor within the hand-held unit. The system further includes a circuit for monitoring motor torque and a hand-held unit identification circuit for identifying each unit with an individualized code. The CPU may be accessed via an external communications port to store user-selected operational parameters in a memory circuit. These parameters may include time of day, calendar, and motor torque limits for each device.