Richard C Dreisbach

US Patent:

6345847, Feb 12, 2002

Filed:

Dec 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/474165

Inventors:

Richard C. Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ
Carlos M. Pinho - North Arlington NJ
Terrence Brammall - Angola IN
Craig B. Hamilton - Waterloo IN

Assignee:

E.J. Brooks Company - Livingston NJ

International Classification:

B65D 3334

US Classification:

292323, 292252, 292307 R

Abstract:

A seal and lock mechanism employs a cable and a mechanism for securing a free end of the cable to the seal by a wedging action within a tapered housing bore employing wedging means such as balls and the like. The wedging action is enhanced by roughening the surface of the wedging means or otherwise improving their resistance to displacement with respect to the surface of the cable.

US Patent:

6390519, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Jun 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/590059

Inventors:

Richard C. Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ
Carlos M. Pinho - North Arlington NJ

Assignee:

E. J. Brooks Company - Livingston NJ

International Classification:

B65D 2730

US Classification:

292307R, 2423881

Abstract:

A housing has a rotor receiving chamber with filament receiving bores lying in a plane normal to the rotor axis of rotation, a rotor being rotatably received in the chamber. The rotor and housing have complementary locking shoulders for axially locking the rotor in the chamber. The rotor has a pair of filament receiving bores aligned with the housing filament receiving bores. The rotor has an annular rib in the plane of the bores defining upper and lower rotor sections. The locking shoulders are in the lower section of the rotor and are located between the plane and the closed end of the chamber, at which end the rotor and housing have a complementary ratchet and pawl mechanism for allowing only one way rotation of the rotor relative to the housing for securing the filament to the rotor. The rib guides the filament wrapped about the rotor into sub-chambers formed by the rib to minimize blockage of the rotor bores by the locking and wrapping of one filament end to the rotor in an unlocked shipping state of the seal. This permits the free end of the filament to be secured to the other bore in the rotor at the time of sealing of the seal to an article.

US Patent:

6491328, Dec 10, 2002

Filed:

Mar 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/523325

Inventors:

Richard C. Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ

Assignee:

E. J. Brooks Company - Livingston NJ

International Classification:

B65D 2730

US Classification:

292322, 292307, 292328, 411 2, 411 3, 411 5, 403 2

Abstract:

A robust rigid block forming a fastener and tamper evident seal attaches a cover to a tote bin. The seal is formed partially into a C-shaped locking device for insertion into aligned bores in the tote bin cover and bin. The C-shaped device is inserted to an insertion position and then displaced to a locking position with the legs of the device overlying the cover and bin members at the bores fastening the cover to the bin and capable of withstanding high shock loads. A locking element connected to the device by a frangible web has a camming surface that engages an edge of the cover for camming the device during insertion of the element in the bores to the insertion position at which time the web is fractured. The element has a flange plate attached to the element body by a weak web for selective removal of the plate. A resilient tang is attached to the element for engaging a mating locking recess in the body for locking the element to the device and to the bin and cover in the insertion position.

US Patent:

6494508, Dec 17, 2002

Filed:

Nov 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/447692

Inventors:

Richard Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ
Carlos Pinho - North Arlington NJ

Assignee:

E. J. Brooks Company - Livingston NJ

International Classification:

B65D 2730

US Classification:

292307R, 292307 A

Abstract:

A filament seal for use with stranded or solid metal or thermoplastic filaments comprises a segmented housing defining a chamber in which a locking insert element is positioned, the insert comprising a thin circular disk of hardened stainless steel with a plurality of radially inwardly extending resilient cantilevered fingers each terminating with a tapered sharp pointed tip in abutting or closely space relationship defining a space substantially smaller than the diameter of the filament. The inserted filament bends the fingers and is softer than the insert, the tips digging into the filament during use. When the filament is withdrawn, the finger tips dig further into the filament severing it. If the filament is rotated in an attempt to thread the filament out of the insert, the insert rotates with the filament due to the digging action of the tips into the filament, precluding filament withdrawal from the insert. A hardened steel washer is adjacent to the insert locking element to preclude bending the tips in the withdrawal direction and breakage of the tips, and precluding defeat of the locking action.

US Patent:

6511108, Jan 28, 2003

Filed:

Oct 7, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/413689

Inventors:

Richard Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ

Assignee:

E. J. Brooks Company - Livingston NJ

International Classification:

F16B 1304

US Classification:

292320, 292307 R, 292315, 292318, 292319, 292321, 24 53, 24 16 PB, 24458, 24453, 411 19, 411508, 411509, 411510

Abstract:

A tote bin seal for securing sheet material lids via aligned lid apertures includes a flange forming an ID flag attached to a locking device having a hollow core body at one body end and two semi-circular arrays of tangs at the other body end, the tangs formed of stems and reverse hooks or barbs. The body is somewhat oval with a rectangular central portion, the tangs depending from each arcuate end of the oval. Each of the tangs and the body have an interior axially extending triangular stiffening rib. An insert with a head and a bifurcated shank is attached to the flange opposite the body and may be sheared from the flange for insertion into the body core. The shank forms a locking opening which captures a web in the body core for securing the insert locked to the body. The insert prevents the tangs from compressing inwardly to open the seal. The flange has a living hinge so it can be folded over to permit reading ID data from the flange in stacked bins.

US Patent:

6540273, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Jan 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/753850

Inventors:

Terrence N. Brammall - Angola IN
Jeffrey A. Brimmer - Angola IN
Carlos Pinho - North Arlington NJ
Richard Gnoinski - North Arlington NJ
Craig B. Hamilton - Waterloo IN
Richard Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ

Assignee:

Transguard Industries - Angola IN

International Classification:

B65D 2730

US Classification:

292315, 292307 A, 292307 B, 292318, 292321, 292323, 292324, 292325, 292326

Abstract:

One end of a stranded steel cable is attached to a cast zinc seal housing having a chamber in which a steel sleeve with a tapered bore is positioned. The sleeve in one embodiment is fixed to the housing in the chamber or may be displaceable and captured in the chamber in a further embodiment. A serpentine clip locking member captured in the housing chamber resiliently radially grips the a second end of the shackle inserted into the sleeve bore and wedges and locks to the cable and sleeve when the shackle is withdrawn. The sleeve precludes damage to the softer zinc housing by the locking member when the locking member is displaced in the housing chamber. Various embodiments are disclosed. In a further embodiment, the one end of the cable exits the housing in a plane different than where the second end enters the chamber to enhance ease of insertion of the second end into engagement with the locking member.

US Patent:

6948746, Sep 27, 2005

Filed:

Jan 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/353663

Inventors:

Terrence N. Brammall - Angola IN, US
Jeffrey A. Brimmer - Angola IN, US
Carlos Pinho - North Arlington NJ, US
Richard Gnoinski - North Arlington NJ, US
Craig B. Hamilton - Waterloo IN, US
Richard Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ, US

Assignee:

Transguard Industries - Angola IN

International Classification:

B65D027/30

US Classification:

292315, 292307 A, 292307 B, 292323, 292329, 24136 R, 24136 L, 24115 M

Abstract:

One end of a stranded steel cable is attached to a cast zinc seal housing having a chamber in which a steel sleeve with a tapered bore is positioned. The sleeve in one embodiment is fixed to the housing in the chamber or may be displaceable and captured in the chamber in a further embodiment. A serpentine clip locking member captured in the housing chamber resiliently radially grips the a second end of the shackle inserted into the sleeve bore and wedges and locks to the cable and sleeve when the shackle is withdrawn. The sleeve precludes damage to the softer zinc housing by the locking member when the locking member is displaced in the housing chamber. Various embodiments are disclosed. In a further embodiment, the one end of the cable exits the housing in a plane different than where the second end enters the chamber to enhance ease of insertion of the second end into engagement with the locking member.

US Patent:

6966584, Nov 22, 2005

Filed:

Oct 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/262156

Inventors:

Robert F. Debrody - Wayne NJ, US
Peter Farbaniec - Colonia NJ, US
Richard Dreisbach - North Arlington NJ, US
Louis J. Mattos - West Carteret NJ, US

Assignee:

E. J. Brooks Company - Livingston NJ

International Classification:

B65D027/30

US Classification:

292307R, 292307 A, 292315, 292318, 292319, 292320, 292321, 292322, 292326, 24 16 R, 24 16 PB, 24630

Abstract:

A molded thermoplastic body is formed with a rectangular cavity. A molded thermoplastic insert is welded to the body in the cavity and has a top cross member, a stem member and a bottom member. The stem member has a plurality of molded fingers cantilevered on opposing sides inclined relative to the stem member longitudinal axis in one embodiment. The stem member forms the cavity into two channels. A wire shackle which may be round or square in section, a wire or molded plastic, is U-shaped with two legs. One leg is formed with notches to receive the tips of the fingers in one channel and the other leg is formed with a reversibly bent barb which engages the fingers in the other channel on the opposite side of the cavity. The bottom member limits the insertion depth of the legs. The notches and barb engage the fingers and lock the shackle to the body.