Patents Represented by Attorney Norman S. Blodgett

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  • Effluent treatment system
    Patent number: 4276164
    Abstract: A system for a method of treating effluent from refuse in a landfill which includes a water-impermeable refuse basin, a catch basin, and a lagooning system. Leachate is conveyed from the refuse basin to the catch basin and then to the lagooning system. The leachate is treated in the lagooning system in at least two stages; the first stage consists primarily of oxidation by aeration and the second stage consists primarily of oxidation by biological means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Assignee: Leonard P. Martone
    Inventors: Leonard P. Martone, Ronald L. Lavigne
  • Lifeboat
    Patent number: 4274171
    Abstract: Lifeboat in the general form of a hollow prolate spheroid having a hatchway opening in the upper portion and a weighted keel in the lower portion. The lifeboat comprises a main body having inner and outer skins spaced apart in a parallel relationship and the outer skin is formed with a recess for the storage of a drogue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Inventor: Clayton T. Enzian, Jr.
  • Ski binding
    Patent number: 4270769
    Abstract: Ski binding for use with cross-country skis, having a stamped sheet metal main plate with integral boot pins and a hinged wire clamping bail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Inventor: Henry P. Berlied, Jr.
  • Anti-smoking device
    Patent number: 4269203
    Abstract: A device for injecting an unpleasant odiferous substance into cigarettes contained within a package includes a hollow carrying case with an upper chamber for receiving a package of cigarettes and a lower chamber containing the odiferous substance. Hollow needles are arranged to extend from the lower chamber into the upper chamber for penetration into the cigarettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Inventor: Lacey O. Corbett
  • Granulator
    Patent number: 4261523
    Abstract: Granulator having a rotary cutter and bed knife with V-shaped conjugate cutting edges, movable hopper, and sound-absorbing panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Wanskuck Company
    Inventor: Gabriel M. LaPointe
  • Shoe tree
    Patent number: 4261071
    Abstract: Shoe tree which has been blow-molded from an elastomer plastic and having a hollow bellows existing between a toe piece and a heel piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Polly Products, Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Forte
  • Weed removal apparatus
    Patent number: 4261160
    Abstract: Apparatus for weed removal from a pond, the apparatus including a buoyant raft, a vacuum pickup hose, and a collecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Inventor: Joseph J. Niewiera
  • Molding device
    Patent number: 4260358
    Abstract: A molding device for the manufacture of hollow plastic articles comprising of a two part separable mold, a pre-cast station, a blow station, means for moving the mold halves between the closed and open positions, and means for moving the mold between the preform station and blow station. The mold is supported for movement between the open and closed position by a single supporting spar and locking means are employed for locking the mold parts in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Inventor: Johannes Mehnert
  • Construction system
    Patent number: 4257207
    Abstract: Construction system consisting of a flat main body having recesses at its edges and a centrally-hinged connecting member having opposed parts that fit in the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Cubit Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Davis
  • Room ventilating device
    Patent number: 4257319
    Abstract: Ventilating device for rooms having air passage apertures and closure means movable by an electric drive between an open position and a closed position, a noxious gas sensor and electrical control means responsive to the gas sensor for operating the electric drive so that the closure means is moved to the open position when the gas sensor senses noxious gas concentration in the room above a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG
    Inventor: Eckhard Kucharczyk
  • Clothing rack
    Patent number: 4252242
    Abstract: Clothing rack having a pivot mounting secured to a vertical surface, having an arm attached at one end to the pivot mounting by a pivot means to make the arm swingable in a horizontal plane, and having a rod with one end attached to the other end of the arm by a pivot means to make the rod independently swingable in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Inventor: Charles L. Tudor
  • Machine tool
    Patent number: 4250776
    Abstract: A machine tool having an extendable ram carrying a tool at its free end and having a stiffening beam extending along the ram and pivotally connected thereto at an intermediate location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Inventor: Weld Morgan
  • Shear with inclined guides
    Patent number: 4250782
    Abstract: A shear comprising a lower fixed blade beam mounted within a frame, a guide carrier guided for vertical movement in the frame and an upper blade carrier rigidly attached to the guide carrier by releasable connecting means for concurrent vertical movement with the guide carrier. The blade carrier is reciprocated by drive means which lowers the blade and guide carriers to a lower position where the upper and lower blade beams are cooperatively opposed on opposite sides of a workpiece to begin a shearing operation. Inclined guide surfaces are provided on the guide and blade carriers for allowing the blade carrier to move obliquely with respect to the guide carrier upon release of the rigid attachment between the two carriers to perform a shearing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Erich Munker
  • Sewer chimney
    Patent number: 4243068
    Abstract: Chimney for joining a lower main sewer line having a vertical nipple to an upper branch sewer line, the chimney consisting of a pre-cast concrete bridge assembly straddling the main line and having a bore through which the nipple extends, the bridge being joined by intermediate sections to a Y-branch section having passages and openings for joining it to the branch line, there being a fluid-tight seal between the bore and the nipple to permit relative movement therebetween without leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Inventors: Peter J. Sugda, Thomas G. Thompson
  • Loom rapier drive mechanism
    Patent number: 4243076
    Abstract: Drive mechanism for a rapier-type loom, including a timing belt to which the rapiers are attached and an operating means, including a dwell device, for reciprocating the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Inventor: Robert G. Mallard
  • Orthopedic cast
    Patent number: 4240415
    Abstract: An orthopedic cast made of a thermoplastic polyester having a melting point between 50.degree. C. and 100.degree. C., particularly poly (epsilon-caprolactone) having a weight average molecular weight of over 5,000 subjected to electron radiation in the range from 0.25 to 15.0 megarads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: WFR/Aquaplast Corp.
    Inventor: Lloyd H. Wartman
  • Solar water heater
    Patent number: 4240405
    Abstract: Solar water heater using the phase-change principle including a collector, a condenser, and an accumulator joined to form a natural circulation system, including a pressure accumulator and a vapor-release drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Inventor: Roger F. French
  • Ski attachment
    Patent number: 4239255
    Abstract: Attachment for application to a ski to prevent the skier from sliding rearwardly when standing on a sloped surface, the attachment including a pawl which is movable from an operative position in which it lies outside the ski to an inoperative storage position on top of the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Inventors: Ronald B. Boudreau, John P. Crossin
  • Wheel
    Patent number: D259195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Spherex, Incorporated
    Inventor: Bruce N. Smith
  • Wedge
    Patent number: D259619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: William H. Nicholson