William Micheal Kircher

US Patent:

43095933, Jan 5, 1982

Filed:

Jan 15, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/112233

Inventors:

Darrell B. Jones - Independence MO
William B. Kircher - Shawnee Mission KS

Assignee:

Rival Manufacturing Company - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

H05B 332

US Classification:

219347

Abstract:

An electric heater construction which significantly reduced the possibility of electrical shock to a user thereof. This electric heater includes an outer casing with an open front, a protective grille mounted over the open front of the outer casing, a reflector assembly mounted within the outer casing and a heating element enclosure mounted to the reflector assembly such that it is electrically insulated therefrom. A ribbon-type of heating element is mounted within the heating element enclosure. If any portion of the heating element should break or for any other reason become disengaged from the insulated mounted structure, the heating element enclosure effectively prevents it from coming in contact with any non-insulated portion of the device which is readily accessible to a user of the heater thereby protecting a user of the device from electrical shock.

US Patent:

20210053727, Feb 25, 2021

Filed:

Aug 19, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/997723

Inventors:

- De Soto KS, US
William Kircher - Fairway KS, US

International Classification:

B65D 43/02

Abstract:

A lid for a container is provided. The lid includes a perimeter sidewall having a lower inwardly turned flange and a bottom panel secured to the inwardly turned flange. The lid has a frustoconical shape created by a taper angle of the perimeter sidewall. The perimeter sidewall may have at taper angle that is equal to, greater than, or less than a taper angle of the container into which the lid is inserted. The lid may create an interference fit between the perimeter sidewall of the lid and the sidewall of the container along all or a portion of the height of the perimeter sidewall to secure the lid to the container after the lid is inserted into the upper end opening of the container.