Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles J. Brown
  • Hand-operated can press
    Patent number: 5363759
    Abstract: A hand press for squeezing liquid from contents of a can wherein the can is positionable on a base and with one hand a pair of handles are grasped and squeezed together to push a platen against a severed can end and squeeze out the liquid while the can is held by that one grasping hand over an appropriate drainage receiver such as a sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventor: George A. D'Ambrosio
  • Bag folder
    Patent number: 5358465
    Abstract: There is disclosed a machine for folding bags comprising a spool with which one end of a bag can be engaged, means for rotating the spool and means for constraining the bag to be wound onto the spool as it is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Flomat Limited
    Inventor: Barrie A. Poulton
  • Non-steady-state self-regulating intermittent flow thermodynamic system
    Patent number: 5353602
    Abstract: A thermodynamic system, such as a vapor compression refrigeration system, in which a binary expansion valve allows pulsed high velocity flow to an evaporator through an isentropic flow nozzle wherein the valve is controlled in response to evaporator pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Calmac Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Steven J. Pincus
  • Method of reducing flow metastability in an ejector nozzle
    Patent number: 5343711
    Abstract: A method of reducing flow metastability in a liquid refrigerant in an ejector nozzle by generating dispersed bubbles in the flow entering the nozzle by first forming relatively large bubbles and then breaking them down into small finely dispersed bubbles, so as to reduce the density of the flowing mixture and provide nucleation sites allowing control of flow rate and causing the mixture to expand in substantial thermodynamic equilibrium with maximum nozzle velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan A. Kornhauser, Peter Menegay
  • Bag emptying arrangement
    Patent number: 5341959
    Abstract: There is disclosed a bag emptying arrangement, for bulk dry material bags with outlet spouts in which a bag is supported, spout lowermost, and inserted into a tube atop a valve. The tube has an inner annulus and a pinch mechanism so that the spout can be passed over the annulus and pinched between it and the tube to seal the spout to the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Bagfilla Overseas Limited
    Inventor: Peter J. Ellis
  • Edible cone and apparatus and method for making same
    Patent number: 5336511
    Abstract: An edible cone having a flexible body of substantially right elliptical cone shape with opposed rounded proximate and remote sides flairing from a vertex portion to and including a mouth portion, with opposed lip segments defining the mouth portion and having arcuate edges joined end-to-end at the remote sides of the body and curving away from one another and from the vertex portion, so that the lip segment edges are farthest from one another and from the vertex portion at the proximate sides of the body portion, and an apparatus and method for making such a cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventor: Daniel V. Der Beek
  • Wind line power system
    Patent number: 5328334
    Abstract: A wind line power system in which a series of rigid rods are connected end-to-end to permit relative angular movement and transmission of axial torque from one rod to the next, with propellers extending laterally from and coaxial with each rod to convert wind force vectors substantially parallel to the rods to cumulative unidirectional axial torque on all of the rods which in turn drives an electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventor: Richard W. McCauley
  • Shelf mounting means
    Patent number: 5326061
    Abstract: Bushings anchored in cavities in the rear edge of a shelf to allow the shelf to be mounted horizontally flush against a wall with the bushings concealed, wherein screw heads projecting from the wall fit into seats in the bushings which resist straight-line horizontal displacement of the bushings from the screw heads but allow removal by lifting of the shelf so that the screw heads are released from the seats, and wherein a glue-filled annular groove or backwardly bent fins are formed on the exterior of the bushing to anchor the bushing in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Inventor: Glen R. Hamilton
  • Apparatus for discharging particulate solids
    Patent number: 5322195
    Abstract: Apparatus for discharging particulate solids from a flexible bag wherein a lower end of the bag and its spout are located within a hopper with the spout accessible through an opening in the hopper wall and wherein a constricting device is included for choking the bag spout to restrict flow therethrough so that the spout can be tied off and closed by access through the hopper wall opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Bagfilla Overseas Limited
    Inventor: Peter J. Ellis
  • Method of flushing, disinfecting and lubricating a dental turbine handpiece
    Patent number: 5318443
    Abstract: A method of flushing, disinfecting and lubricating a dental turbine handpiece by forcing a pressurized solution of a disinfectant and lubricant simultaneously through an air drive line to the handpiece when it is not in operation to flush dental debris through an exhaust line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Inventor: Thad J. Overmyer
  • Method of mixing cold introduced air with warmer room air
    Patent number: 5304094
    Abstract: A method of mixing introduced relatively cold air with warmer air in a room which comprises directing a stream of high-velocity very cool air from jet orifices in the room wall at adult eye level upwardly along the wall to the ceiling, thus thoroughly mixing the introduced and room air and reducing their differential in temperature and velocity virtually to zero by the time the air stream reaches the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Calvin D. MacCracken
  • Picture frame
    Patent number: 5276984
    Abstract: A rear loaded picture frame of four integral joined side members having rebates with resilient flaps thereon movable between a first position allowing loading of a picture element and backing board and a second position wherein free edge portions on the flaps are resiliently deformed against the backing board to hold it and the picture elements in position in the rebate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Inventor: William Burns
  • Table saw fence assembly
    Patent number: 5228374
    Abstract: A table saw fence assembly wherein a fence element is connected in a "T" arrangement across the end of a slide blade which is reciprocable linearly between guide wheels on a base affixed to the top of a saw table, preferably directly above the saw blade axis when the saw blade axis is horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Inventor: Joseph J. Santeramo, Sr.
  • Roll-to-roll stamp counter
    Patent number: 5217178
    Abstract: A roll-to-roll counter for stamp strips formed in rolls which includes a head assembly with a vacuum/pressure drum drive, a perforation sensor and a cutting device for separating the strip at the sensed perforation, and further includes an automatic self-loader on a take-up reel, an automatic wind-up device and an automatic release after take-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: 4-Seasons Counting Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: George Yarr, Walter B. Moore, Robert Brzescinski, John A. Corey
  • Method and apparatus for measuring vehicle weight or engine power or both
    Patent number: 5215154
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the weight of a vehicle or the power output of its engine which comprise measuring either or both of acceleration and velocity of the vehicle, measuring the force causing the acceleration or velocity by measuring deformation or displacement of a drive train member, and then evaluating the weight of the vehicle from the measurements of acceleration and force and the engine power output from the measurements of velocity and force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Inventor: John Kirby
  • Refuse bag support system
    Patent number: 5190252
    Abstract: A refuse bag support system for sorting and storing refuse of varying types and volume in a bag-holding structure of a total volume which is substantially less than the total volume of side-by-side bags therein if all were filled to capacity, including a pair of arms holding each bag which are movable apart to widen the associated bag opening and movable together to narrow it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Schrager
  • Articulated support assembly
    Patent number: 5190258
    Abstract: An articulated support for an audio amplifier housing comprising a first arm pivotable from a retracted position in the housing to an angularly extended position and then translatable in and out with respect to the housing, and a second arm pivotable at one end from a retracted position in the first arm to an angularly extended position, with an adjustable speaker mount at the other end of the second arm allowing a speaker to be rotated and tilted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Inventor: Chung C. Yu
  • Support means for musical percussion elements
    Patent number: 5159138
    Abstract: In a musical percussion instrument where percussion elements are arranged side-by-side, support for the percussion elements which includes a base member grooved to receive the percussion elements and matching hook-and-pile self-fastening fabric elements on both the base member grooves and the percussion elements to hold the latter in place on the grooves in spaced relation with the surface of the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Woodstock Percussion Inc.
    Inventor: John Kleinhans
  • Window
    Patent number: 5138811
    Abstract: There is disclosed a window of the kind having at least one light comprised by a non-metallic rectangular frame of wood or wood substitute material wherein said rectangular frame has a rebate around the inner edge of its outer face, a first extruded section secured to the walls of the rebate lying in the plane of the frame, a second extruded section engaged with said first section so as to be restrained against outward movement, resilient sealing strips on opposite inner edges of said first and second sections and a glazing unit firmly gripped around its perimeter between said sealing strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Inventor: Michael Parrott
  • Anti-flash hood
    Patent number: 5109549
    Abstract: There is disclosed an anti-flash hood of the kind referred to comprising a cover of heat resistant material having at least one area therein adapted to overlie an area of skin of the wearer and of relatively light weight to enable a wearer to have more rapid awareness of temperature changes in the environment than without such area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Inventor: Beverley I. Mattinson