Patents Represented by Attorney Gordon W. Hodson
  • Patent number: 3982571
    Abstract: In a dispenser nozzle having, a main body portion, a filling tube projecting from one end of said main body portion, and a liquid flow passage extending through said main body and said filling tube, the filling tube being adapted to be located within the open end of a neck of a fuel storage tank of a vehicle or the like, a control valve mechanism for controlling the flow of liquid through said liquid flow passage, said mechanism including a valve operating mechanism and latching means for releasably engaging said valve operating mechanism to render said valve operating mechanism operative when engaged by said latching mechanism and inoperative when released by said latching mechanism, the improvement of sensor means mounted on said nozzle and disposed adjacent said filling tube, said sensor means communicating with said latch means to release said latch means with respect to said valve operating mechanism to render said valve operating mechanism inoperative when said filling tube is now disposed in a predeter
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: Emco Wheaton Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Fenton, Leonard W. Swain
  • Patent number: 3954156
    Abstract: Increased stability is imparted to a ladder according to the present invention by providing a load suspension means connected at the upper and lower ends of the ladder for suspending a load in an elevated position disposed inwardly towards the lower end of the ladder from a vertical plane extending from the point of connection of the suspension at the upper end of the ladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Inventor: Samuel Kennedy
  • Patent number: D243392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Land Ranger Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Fairthorne
  • Patent number: D247029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Land Ranger Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Fairthorne
  • Patent number: D248242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Inventor: Alfred George Huelsekopf
  • Patent number: D250678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Inventor: Peter J. Hall