Ernest W Spangler

US Patent:

20070119516, May 31, 2007

Filed:

Nov 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/290034

Inventors:

Bernd Heger - Augsburg, DE
Mac McMillan - Pinehurst NC, US
Peter Nalbach - Kirchheim unter Teck, DE
Matthew Ricket - New Bern NC, US
Ernest Spangler - Charlotte NC, US

Assignee:

BSH Home Appliances Corporation - Huntington Beach CA

International Classification:

B65B 1/04

US Classification:

141086000

Abstract:

A dispenser assembly for a door of a refrigerator includes a tray of flap construction which is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the tray is received within a cavity of the dispenser assembly to present a support surface for a container such as a water glass. The tray is pivotable into a second position outside of the dispenser assembly so that an area normally underneath the tray is open to provide a second support surface for supporting larger containers than is possible with the tray in its first position. The now exposed bottom of the flap provides a third support surface outside of the cavity. The dispenser assembly can be used for dispensing water, ice, combinations thereof and may include lighting and other features. In an alternative construction, when the tray is pivoted into the second position, it is also forced out and away from the cavity of the dispenser assembly through a tray drive mechanism to accommodate different thicknesses of walls for a variety of different refrigerator door panels.

US Patent:

20040060274, Apr 1, 2004

Filed:

Sep 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/261567

Inventors:

Benjamin Thomas - Anderson SC, US
Ernest Spangler - Raleigh NC, US
Kenneth Brazell - Piedmont SC, US
Taku Ohi - Greer SC, US
Elton Watson - Greenville SC, US
Ronald McCurry - West Union SC, US

Assignee:

Homelite Technologies, Ltd. - Hamilton

International Classification:

A01D034/00

US Classification:

056/012700

Abstract:

A power tool coupling system for coupling two boom members of a split-boom power tool. The coupling system includes a first section and a second section. The first section is adapted to be fixedly attached to an end of a first one of the boom members. The first section includes an aperture for receiving a locating member on a second one of the boom members. The second section is movably connected to the first section. The second section is adapted to depress the locating member, while the locating member is located in the aperture of the first section, when the second section is moved from a first to a second position.