Walter W Marsh

US Patent:

6536396, Mar 25, 2003

Filed:

Jun 7, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/588907

Inventors:

Brian W. Robinson - Dickson TN
William J. McMaster - Berkeley Heights NJ
Walter H. Marsh - Scotch Plains NJ
Mark Minnichelli - Califon NJ
Frank P. Aadahl - Bound Brook NJ
Roy Oppedisano - Pequannock NJ

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc. - Morris Township NJ

International Classification:

F02N 302

US Classification:

1231853, 74140

Abstract:

A starting device has a strip connected to a pulley for a pull start mechanism. The strip is composed of a high performance plastic and is provided with an integral handle. A connection means connects the strip to the pulley on its distal end. The strip fits neatly in a coil around a pulley hub. It lays flat during storage and exerts substantially no lateral pressure against the walls of the pulley. With this construction, the strip does not fray and affords a storing mechanism that is cleaner than a conventional rope system. The starting device has few parts and is easy to assemble. It is lightweight, inexpensive to construct and facilitates starting in an efficient, reliable manner.

US Patent:

42167329, Aug 12, 1980

Filed:

Jul 23, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/059865

Inventors:

Walter H. Marsh - Fanwood NJ
Howard L. Beckerman - Red Bank NJ
Allan M. Dob - Clifton NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

D05B 306

US Classification:

112158B

Abstract:

An optical buttonhole switching arrangement in which the movement of reflective means carried on a moveable buttonhole foot are sensed as the foot is moved by the fabric feeding movement of a feed dog against the garment being sewn. The foot includes adjustable optical targets whose movement may be sensed by a photosensor carried on the sewing head. The spacing of the optical targets may be manually adjusted to accommodate buttons of different sizes. The photosensor is connected to an electronic circuit whose output may be used to control the retrieval of buttonhole stitching information from an electronic memory.