Patents by Inventor Alvin L. Waltman

Alvin L. Waltman 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: 6749091
    Abstract: A single dosage dispenser for delivering chemical reagent to a test sample includes a body having an inlet and opposing outlet. The inlet is threadably and communicably engaged with a container holding a chemical reagent. The outlet includes a plurality of stepped receptacles for communicably receiving respective sizes of test sample holders. A spring actuated plunger is slidably mounted within the dispenser body between the inlet and the outlet. The plunger includes a reagent accommodating compartment. The spring urges the plunger into a first state wherein the plunger is communicably connected to the inlet for receiving a single dosage of reagent from the container. The user presses the plunger to drive the plunger within the dispenser body so that the compartment is communicably connected to the outlet. As a result, the reagent in the compartment is dispensed through the outlet into the test sample holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: H. F. Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Rowan T. Connelly, Alvin L. Waltman
  • Publication number: 20030164386
    Abstract: A single dosage dispenser for delivering chemical reagent to a test sample includes a body having an inlet and opposing outlet. The inlet is threadably and communicably engaged with a container holding a chemical reagent. The outlet includes a plurality of stepped receptacles for communicably receiving respective sizes of test sample holders. A spring actuated plunger is slidably mounted within the dispenser body between the inlet and the outlet. The plunger includes a reagent accommodating compartment. The spring urges the plunger into a first state wherein the plunger is communicably connected to the inlet for receiving a single dosage of reagent from the container. The user presses the plunger to drive the plunger within the dispenser body so that the compartment is communicably connected to the outlet. As a result, the reagent in the compartment is dispensed through the outlet into the test sample holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Rowan T. Connelly, Alvin L. Waltman
  • Patent number: 5259537
    Abstract: A single dosage substance dispenser is disclosed, which includes a housing having a chamber formed therein for holding a substance to be dispensed and a discharge port that communicates with the chamber. A plunger is slidably mounted to the housing for extending through the chamber and into the discharge port. The plunger includes a first seal portion proximate a lower end thereof, a second seal portion disposed above the first seal portion and a receptacle portion located between the first and second seal portions for accommodating a single dosage of the substance to be dispensed. The first and second seal portions are sealably and slidably engageable with the discharge port. A spring is provided for urging the plunger to retract so that the first seal portion engages the discharge port and the receptacle portion is maintained in the chamber to collect the single dosage therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: HF Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard L. Beers, Alvin L. Waltman