Kerney T Sheets

US Patent:

58398023, Nov 24, 1998

Filed:

Feb 25, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/805420

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

B62D 5508

US Classification:

305 52

Abstract:

A light weight track system for a buoyant amphibious vehicle, the vehicle having two pontoons, the pontoons having a flat horizontal top surface and a flat horizontal bottom surface, each end of the flat horizontal top surface and the flat horizontal bottom surface being connected by a flat inclined surface, the track system including a plurality of treads connected by a single continuous drive chain assembly around the outside of each of the pontoons, the flat horizontal top surface and the flat horizontal bottom surface having a channel therein for rotatable receipt of the drive chain assembly, the drive chain assembly including a plurality of rotatable drive rollers connected to the treads and connected to adjacent drive rollers by links to form a continuous drive chain extending completely around the outer surface of each of the pontoons, each tread having an idler roller connected at each end thereof which contacts the surface of the pontoon to support the tread.

US Patent:

D2963329, Jun 21, 1988

Filed:

Feb 22, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/704506

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

US Classification:

D15 28

US Patent:

41131819, Sep 12, 1978

Filed:

Jan 12, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/758648

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

B05B 1510

US Classification:

239206

Abstract:

High rising projectable sprinklers which rise automatically from the ground when water is supplied under pressure to the sprinklers. The projectable sprinklers include a generally cylindrical housing closed at the bottom and sunken in the ground, a projectable float which floats upward within the housing when water is supplied under pressure to the sprinkler, and a sprinkler head including a rotating nozzle or nozzles attached to the top of the float.

US Patent:

39646874, Jun 22, 1976

Filed:

Aug 11, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/603496

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

B05B 302

US Classification:

239226

Abstract:

Projectable sprinklers which rise automatically from the ground when water is supplied under pressure to the sprinklers, sprinkler heads, stationary sprinklers employing the sprinkler head of the present invention for use on the surface of the ground, and a lid apparatus for increasing the area wetted by a sprinkler head. The projectable sprinklers include a generally cylindrical housing closed at the bottom and sunken in the ground, a projectable float which floats upward within the housing when water is supplied under pressure to the sprinkler, and a sprinkler head including a rotating nozzle or nozzles attached to the top of the float. In one embodiment, the projectable sprinkler contains means for spreading chemicals over the surface of the ground. The sprinkler heads include means for pumping solutions or liquid mixtures of chemicals through the nozzle or nozzles of the sprinkler head, and may be used in a stationary or projectable sprinkler system. The stationary sprinklers include the sprinkler heads of the present invention and means for spreading chemicals over the surface wetted by the sprinkler.

US Patent:

39646882, Jun 22, 1976

Filed:

Aug 11, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/603495

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

B05B 302

US Classification:

239226

Abstract:

Projectable sprinklers which rise automatically from the ground when water is supplied under pressure to the sprinklers, sprinkler heads, stationary sprinklers employing the sprinkler head of the present invention for use on the surface of the ground, and a lid apparatus for increasing the area wetted by a sprinkler head. The projectable sprinklers include a generally cylindrical housing closed at the bottom and sunken in the ground, a projectable float which floats upward within the housing when water is supplied under pressure to the sprinkler, and a sprinkler head including a rotating nozzle or nozzles attached to the top of the float. In one embodiment, the projectable sprinkler contains means for spreading chemicals over the surface of the ground. The sprinkler heads include means for pumping solutions or liquid mixtures of chemicals through the nozzle or nozzles of the sprinkler head, and may be used in a stationary or projectable sprinkler system. The stationary sprinklers include the sprinkler heads of the present invention and means for spreading chemicals over the surface wetted by the sprinkler.

US Patent:

46154833, Oct 7, 1986

Filed:

May 8, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/731986

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

B60H 102

US Classification:

237 123A

Abstract:

A warm air deflector which is connectable to the outside of the radiator housing of a vehicle in which air is blown in a forward direction over the radiator and out the front of radiator. It includes a curved front plate generally located on the upper half of the radiator and extending above the top of the radiator. The curved plate is generally concave with the concave portion facing toward the driver. Connected to each side of the curved plate are two parallel side walls having their inner edges generally parallel to the radiator of the vehicle and their outer edges terminating along the edge of the curved plate, the curved plate having a series of holes on the lower portion thereof and a slidable baffle for selectively covering the holes. The slidable baffle may be lowered to divert air into the diverter and back onto the operator or raised to allow air to flow through the radiator and through the holes in the curved plate without being diverted backward onto the driver.

US Patent:

40685357, Jan 17, 1978

Filed:

Nov 10, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/630195

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

F16H 712
F16H 710

US Classification:

7424211A

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for controlling the tension of flexible drive belts, or a single drive belt, connecting a drive pulley to a driven pulley. The apparatus includes a first idler assembly for engaging the slack run of the drive belts, a second idler assembly for engaging the drive run of the drive belts, and a tension member for adjusting the distance between the first idler assembly and the second idler assembly to a distance sufficient to cause the apparatus to maintain a position between the drive pulley and the driven pulley. The apparatus requires no external support or positioning member to maintain the position of the apparatus on the belts while the apparatus is controlling the tension of the moving belts. The method includes placing a first idler assembly on the slack run of the drive belts, placing a second idler assembly on the drive run of the drive belts, and forcing the assemblies together to increase the tension of the drive belts.

US Patent:

49601571, Oct 2, 1990

Filed:

Nov 1, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/265720

Inventors:

Kerney T. Sheets - Duplessis LA

International Classification:

A01G 2302

US Classification:

144 34R

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for cutting trees and bushes including a circular disk having cutting teeth connected thereto, a motor for rotating the disk and an arm connected to the motor for moving the disk into contact with trees and bushes.