Outdoor structures and clips for attaching objects to frame members of outdoor structures are provided. A frame member includes a channel having an opening defined between two flanges having a flange thickness. A clip for attaching an object to the frame member includes a head sized to be received in the channel of the frame member via the opening and frictionally engaged with the channel upon rotation of the head when the head is received in the channel. The clip includes a body attached to the head and configured to engage with the object. The head and the body of the clip define a gap therebetween for receiving the flanges when the head is engaged with the channel. The gap has a gap thickness that is smaller than the flange thickness to define an interference fit between the flanges and the clip.
F16M 13/02 - Autres supports ou appuis pour positionner les appareils ou les objets; Moyens pour maintenir en position les appareils ou objets tenus à la main pour être portés par un autre objet ou lui être fixé, p.ex. à un arbre, une grille, un châssis de fenêtre, une bicyclette
F21V 17/10 - Fixation des parties constitutives des dispositifs d'éclairage, p.ex. des abat-jour, des globes, des réfracteurs, des réflecteurs, des filtres, des écrans, des grilles ou des cages de protection caractérisée par des moyens de fixation spécifiques
F21V 21/08 - Dispositifs pour la fixation facile à un endroit voulu
A sprayer has: a reservoir for containing a liquid to be sprayed; a compressor fluidly connected to the reservoir; a pressure sensor operatively connected to one or more of the compressor and the reservoir; and a controller operatively connected to the compressor and the pressure sensor, the controller comprising a processing unit and a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by the processing unit for: receiving a signal from the pressure sensor, the signal indicative of a pressure inside the reservoir; comparing the pressure inside the reservoir to a first threshold; and when the pressure inside the reservoir is below the first threshold, actuating the compressor for pressurizing the reservoir until the pressure inside the reservoir reaches the first threshold.
B05B 12/00 - Aménagements de commande de la distribution; Aménagements de réglage de l’aire de pulvérisation
B05B 7/26 - Appareillages dans lesquels des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides en provenance de différentes sources sont mélangés avant de pénétrer dans le dispositif d'évacuation
Oil filters used in automotive vehicles come in different sizes and may be located at varying positions on the engine which differ in terms of ease of access. Due to such variability, multiple specialized tools have typically been required to remove installed oil filters from automotive engines, including various sized pliers, straps, bands and the like, the selection of the tool depending on the location and size of the oil filter, and the angle of approach required. An oil filter removal tool is now provided which has at least two sets of opposing gripping regions, the two sets being in perpendicular orientation relative to each other. Advantageously, the oil filter removal tool may be used to approach and grasp the oil filter from an axial or radial direction, and may be used with different sizes of oil filters.
A patio heater, has: a base to be supported on a ground; a stem protruding upwardly away from the base; and a heat generating device secured to the stem, the heat generating device having: a burner fluidly connected to a source of a fuel to be burned; a diffusion sheet enclosing a combustion chamber, the burner located inside the combustion chamber and surrounded by the diffusion sheet; a reflective shield located above the diffusion sheet; and at least one reflective fin mounted to the diffusion sheet and extending away therefrom.
F24C 1/12 - Poêles ou fourneaux dans lesquels le combustible ou la source d'énergie n'est pas exclusivement un combustible solide ou d'un type couvert par un seul des groupes ; Poêles ou fourneaux dans lesquels le type de combustible ou d'énergie utilisé n'est pas spécifié adaptés uniquement au chauffage par rayonnement avec réflecteurs de forme circulaire
F24C 1/10 - Poêles ou fourneaux dans lesquels le combustible ou la source d'énergie n'est pas exclusivement un combustible solide ou d'un type couvert par un seul des groupes ; Poêles ou fourneaux dans lesquels le type de combustible ou d'énergie utilisé n'est pas spécifié adaptés uniquement au chauffage par rayonnement avec réflecteurs
F24C 1/16 - Poêles ou fourneaux dans lesquels le combustible ou la source d'énergie n'est pas exclusivement un combustible solide ou d'un type couvert par un seul des groupes ; Poêles ou fourneaux dans lesquels le type de combustible ou d'énergie utilisé n'est pas spécifié spécialement adaptés pour voyager, p.ex. démontables
Described are lawn mowers/autosensing modules for lawn mowers configured to engage and/or disengage a drive motor based on one or more of: a tilt angle relative to a direction of travel, rotations of at least one wheel, applied load, a tension and a lawn mower position. The lawn mowers may comprise: a cutting blade(s); a blade motor operatively connected to the cutting blade(s); a drive motor operatively connected to a wheel assembly; a tilt sensor configured to sense a tilt angle of the lawn mower; and a controller operatively connected to the drive motor and in communication with the tilt sensor, and configured to disengage the drive motor in response to receiving a disengage signal, without disengaging the blade motor. When the tilt sensor senses the tilt angle is at or above a disengage angle, the tilt sensor transmits the disengage signal for receipt by the controller.
A01D 75/28 - Mécanismes de commande des moissonneuses ou des faucheuses se déplaçant sur des déclivités; Dispositifs pour éviter les poussées latérales
A01D 34/63 - Faucheuses; Appareils de fauchage des moissonneuses caractérisés par des particularités relatives au type d'appareil de coupe comportant des couteaux rotatifs comportant des couteaux tournant autour d'un axe vertical
A device for removing weeds from a lawn or garden surface comprising: a drive shaft having a first end configured to operatively couple to a power unit for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft and a second, free distal end; coupled to the second end, an auger having one or more flights and a boring member; and a weed engagement member axially coupled to the drive shaft at a longitudinal position intermediate the auger and the first end. A base member of the weed engagement member has at least one grasping finger depending therefrom towards the auger and axially offset from the longitudinal axis. Rotation of the drive shaft in a first direction when the boring member is in contact with the surface moves the auger into engagement with the weed and the weed engagement member is drawn towards and into engagement with the weed and vice-versa.
Described herein are wheel storage apparatus and kits for a wheel storage apparatus. According to some embodiments there is provided a wheel storage apparatus comprising: a frame, which may comprise a plurality of frame portions configured to be coupled to each other, directly or indirectly; and a plurality of wheel attachment devices coupled to and spaced apart from each other on the frame, each one of the attachment devices configured to support a wheel on the frame, wherein the frame is adjustable in one or more directions. According to some embodiments, each one of the attachment devices is adjustable to accommodate wheels of various widths, mounting backspacings or combinations thereof.
According to some embodiments, there is provided a wheel storage apparatus comprising a frame having a loading platform, a wheel supporting platform and a handle section. When the wheel storage apparatus is in a first orientation, the loading platform is generally parallel with and at a loading height from a loading surface and configured to cradle a plurality of wheels about a circumferential portion of each wheel. The wheel supporting platform is coupled to a first end of the loading platform and configured to support the wheels in a stacked configuration when the wheel storage apparatus is in a second orientation. The wheel storage apparatus is configured to rotate from the first orientation to the storage orientation about a pivot axis proximate the first end of the loading platform. Kits for wheel storage apparatus are also described.
B62B 1/14 - Voitures à bras ayant uniquement un essieu portant une ou plusieurs roues servant au déplacement; Appareillage à cet effet dans lesquelles la charge est prévue pour reposer totalement sur les roues comportant des moyens pour accrocher ou saisir en place les objets à transporter; Appareillage pour le chargement ou le déchargement
B62B 1/00 - Voitures à bras ayant uniquement un essieu portant une ou plusieurs roues servant au déplacement; Appareillage à cet effet
A wiper blade connector for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm, has: an adaptor secured to an end of the wiper arm; a base secured to the wiper blade; a locking member operatively mounted to one of the adaptor and the base and movable relative to the one of the adaptor and the base between a locked position and an unlocked position, the adaptor secured to the base via the locking member in the locked position, the adaptor detachable from the base in the unlocked position; a user-engageable member operatively connected to the locking member, the user-engageable member movable to move the locking member from the locked position to the unlocked position to detach the adaptor from the base.
A cargo bed system includes a rail for mounting to a vehicle having a cargo bed. The rail includes a lower extension having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, extending along a length; an upper extension extending generally perpendicularly from the length of the lower extension, supportable by the vehicle; a clamp track located on the first side of the lower extension and extending along the length of the lower extension for receiving one or more clamps to secure the rail to the vehicle; and a lower accessory track located on the second side of the lower extension and extending along the length of the lower extension for receiving an accessory within the cargo bed.
Systems and methods of a pellet-fired heating include a system having a combustion chamber in which combustion gas is generated from fuel pellets. The combustion chamber includes a fuel inlet for receiving fuel pellets into the combustion chamber, an air inlet for receiving air into the combustion chamber, and a combustion gas outlet for discharging combustion gas from the combustion chamber. The system further includes a first radiator extending into a space to be heated having an internal passage in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, via the combustion gas outlet, and one or more discharge outlets for discharging the combustion gas from the internal passage into the space. A blower of the system is configured to push air into the combustion chamber via the air inlet and push the combustion gas from the combustion chamber into the internal passage of the first radiator.
F24B 1/14 - Poêles clos à réserve de combustible dans une seule trémie indivise à l'intérieur du poêle ou du fourneau avec prédistillation dans la trémie
F23B 90/04 - Procédés de combustion non liés à un type particulier d'appareil comprenant une combustion secondaire
A47J 37/07 - Dispositifs pour faire des grillades en plein air; Barbecues
F23B 40/00 - Appareils à combustion comportant des moyens entraînés pour alimenter en combustible la chambre de combustion
F23B 80/00 - Appareils à combustion caractérisés par des moyens pour créer un trajet d'écoulement distinct pour les gaz brûlés ou pour les gaz imbrûlés dégagés par le combustible
F24B 5/02 - Circulation de l'air de combustion ou des gaz de combustion à l'intérieur ou autour des poêles ou des fourneaux à l'intérieur ou autour des poêles
Systems and methods for operating a gas-fired appliance such as a gas-fired cooking grill are provided. An embodiment of the system includes a gas burner for heating a chamber of the gas-fired appliance. The system includes a first valve associated with the gas burner to control a gas flow to the gas burner. The system includes a second valve configured to controllably supply gas to the gas burner via the first valve. The second valve is automatically adjustable based on a desired temperature of the chamber and an actual temperature of the chamber.
Organizational systems and associated components and methods for garages, sheds, basements or other spaces that have exposed wall or ceiling elongated members are provided. One such component includes a bracket having a first wall, a second wall facing the first wall and spaced apart from the first wall, and a third wall interconnecting the first and second walls. The first, second and third walls cooperatively define a channel for receiving the elongated member. The bracket includes an interface for releasable attachment of a storage component to the bracket. A clamp foot is movably coupled to the first wall. The clamp foot is translatable between an engaged position and a released position to respectively engage and release the elongated member received in the channel.
Described herein is a cooking pot comprising (a) a food vessel that has an opening in the shape of an oval or a polygon with more than two sides, and (b) a lid sized and shaped to substantially cover the opening of the food vessel. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the lid has a ring protruding from the bottom face, concentric about a vertical axis of the vessel. When the lid is rotated about the vertical axis at an angle from a closed position, the protruding ring is positioned adjacent to an interior edge of the vessel, corners or vertices of the opening are uncovered, and corresponding corners or vertices of the lid hang over the vessel exterior.
Evaporative humidifiers comprising: in vertical relationship and fluid communication with each other, a water inlet and a water reservoir downstream therefrom, positioned to receive water along a first fluid path; air inlet(s) and air outlet(s) in vertical relationship with the water inlet and/or reservoir, and a wick, downstream the water inlet, partially disposed in the reservoir to draw water therefrom to a wick portion in fluid communication with the air inlet(s) and the air outlet(s); and a motor-fan assembly downstream and in vertical relationship with the water inlet, upstream the reservoir. The reservoir and one or more of the air inlet(s) and the air outlet(s) generate an air current for drawing air, via the air inlet(s), from an external environment through the wick portion and move moistened air to the external environment via the air outlet(s) along a second fluid path at least partially separate from the first fluid path.
F24F 1/037 - Climatiseurs individuels monoblocs pour le conditionnement de l'air, c. à d. avec tout l'appareillage nécessaire au traitement placé dans une enveloppe comportant des moyens d’humidification
F24F 1/029 - Climatiseurs individuels monoblocs pour le conditionnement de l'air, c. à d. avec tout l'appareillage nécessaire au traitement placé dans une enveloppe caractérisé par l'agencement ou l’aménagement relatif des composants, p.ex. des compresseurs ou des ventilateurs
F24F 6/04 - Humidification de l'air par évaporation d'eau dans l'air en utilisant des éléments humides fixes non chauffés
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AUXILIARY SNOW MOVING MEMBERS AND SNOW REMOVAL MACHINES HAVING AT LEAST ONE AUXILIARY SNOW MOVING MEMBER
Described herein are snow removal machines having at least one auxiliary snow moving member. According to some embodiments, the snow removal machines comprise: an auger assembly for directing snow rearwards to be received by a discharge chute, the auger assembly having auger blade(s) coupled to an auger axle for rotation therewith about a first axis defined by the auger axle; an auxiliary snow moving assembly for directing snow rearwards to be received by the discharge chute, the auxiliary snow moving assembly having snow moving member(s) coupled to an auxiliary axle for rotation therewith about a second axis defined by the auxiliary axle, wherein the auxiliary axle is lower and rearwards of the auger axle towards the discharge chute; and an auxiliary drive assembly configured to rotationally couple the auxiliary axle to the auger axle such that rotation of the auxiliary axle is driven by rotation of the auger axle.
E01H 5/09 - Enlèvement de la neige ou de la glace des routes ou surfaces analogues; Aménagement de la pente ou de la rugosité de la neige ou de la glace par traction à bras et entraînement des éléments de détachage ou de transport, p.ex. de transport au moyen d'air comprimé le détachage étant essentiellement effectué par éléments entraînés les éléments étant rotatifs ou se déplaçant sur une trajectoire circulaire fermée, p.ex. fraises rotatives, roues excavatrices
E01H 5/08 - Enlèvement de la neige ou de la glace des routes ou surfaces analogues; Aménagement de la pente ou de la rugosité de la neige ou de la glace par traction à bras et entraînement des éléments de détachage ou de transport, p.ex. de transport au moyen d'air comprimé le détachage étant essentiellement effectué par éléments entraînés
Described herein are self-propel accessories for walk behind/push-driven machines/devices comprising: drive assembly motor(s) operatively connected to at least one power supply; at least one drive assembly for imparting drive from the drive assembly motor(s) to at least one accessory wheel assembly that is operatively connected to an output shaft of the drive assembly motor(s) and one of an axle or a drive engagement surface of the at least one accessory wheel assembly having accessory ground engagement wheel(s) coupled to at least one end of the axle for rotation therewith; a controller for the drive assembly motor(s) having an actuator for engaging the drive assembly motor(s); and an attachment assembly for coupling the drive assembly motor(s), the at least one drive assembly and the at least one accessory wheel assembly to a housing of the push-driven machine or device in place of a wheel assembly/sub-assembly of the push-driven machine or device.
A01D 34/68 - Faucheuses; Appareils de fauchage des moissonneuses caractérisés par des particularités relatives au type d'appareil de coupe comportant des couteaux rotatifs comportant des couteaux tournant autour d'un axe vertical dirigés à la main par un opérateur à pied à couteaux ou à roues entraînés par un moteur
A01D 34/64 - Faucheuses; Appareils de fauchage des moissonneuses caractérisés par des particularités relatives au type d'appareil de coupe comportant des couteaux rotatifs comportant des couteaux tournant autour d'un axe vertical montés sur un véhicule, p.ex. un tracteur, ou tirés par un animal ou un véhicule
A portable leaf blower comprises a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet port and defines an air outlet port axis. A handle is attached to the housing. A motor is mounted within the housing, with the motor mount having a rotatable drive shaft. A rotatable impeller is mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith, and to draw air into the air inlet and to blow the air out of the air outlet port in generally parallel relation to the air outlet port axis. A blower tube has a tube ingress port and a tube egress port, and defines a tube ingress port axis. The blower tube is connectable in supported relation to one of the housing and the handle, such that the tube ingress port is positioned in spaced relation to the air outlet port, with the air outlet port axis being coincident with the tube ingress port axis.
E01H 1/08 - Emploi de l'air comprimé pour détacher ou enlever les matières indésirables; Séchage par la chaleur uniquement, ou par des courants de gaz; Nettoyage par projection de particules abrasives
A mounting apparatus for a light socket assembly comprises an extension body connectable with the light socket assembly. The extension body defines a first arcuate surface extending from the extension body. A clamping assembly has a second arcuate surface extending from the clamping assembly. The first arcuate surface and the second arcuate surface are each contoured to conform with and to pivotally contact each other, at least in part, with sufficient friction that the extension body and the clamping assembly are selectively positionable and pivotally movable relative to each other in response to intentional repositioning of the extension body and the clamping assembly relative to each other. The apparatus thus provides for mounting of a light socket assembly on a wide variety of environmental items, such as, for example, trees, eavestroughs and the like, and is particularly useful for mounting a string of wired festive lights, such as Christmas lights.
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