Patents by Inventor Alvin L. Schlosser

Alvin L. Schlosser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5388866
    Abstract: A high pressure fitting is provided .which comprises an adjustment nut with nipples extending therefrom in axial extension of one another. The nipples are provided with exterior threads and with conically shaped ends which are respectively engaged by ferrules. Each of these ferrules is engaged by a coupling member having an interior thread which is in engagement with the threads provided on the associated nipple. Adjustment of the threads operates to pull the ferrules against the associated nipples. On each nipple is mounted a frusto-conical ramp adjacent which is provided a cylindrical arrangement of spaced fingers or a thin wall cylinder having protruding tips directed radially inwards. These fingers or the cylinder with their respective tips ride up the ramps and are loosely accommodated in their respectively associated nipples to prevent accidental detachment thereof. The fingers pressing against the ramps serve to vector forces to remove play from between the inter-engaged threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Lourdes Industries
    Inventor: Alvin L. Schlosser
  • Patent number: 5058930
    Abstract: A high pressure coupling is provided which comprises an adjustment nut with nipples extending therefrom in axial extension of one another. The nipples are provided with exterior threads and with conically shaped ends which are respectively engaged by ferrules. Each of these ferrules is engaged by a coupling member having an interior thread which is in engagement with the threads provided on the associated nipple. Adjustment of the threads operates to pull the ferrules against the associated nipples. On each nipple is mounted a frusto-conical ramp adjacent which is provided an annular groove. Each coupling member is provided with a cylindrical arrangement of spaced fingers or a thin wall cylinder having protruding tips directed radially inwards. These fingers or the cylinder with their respective tips ride up the ramps until the tips extend beyond the ramps and are loosely accommodated in their respectively associated annular grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Lourdes Industries
    Inventor: Alvin L. Schlosser