Patents by Inventor Barry N. Stevens

Barry N. Stevens 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: 4375992
    Abstract: In an apparatus for cleaning recorded discs wherein the discs are immersed into and removed from a cleaning liquid in a container, a flow of the liquid is provided substantially parallel to and slightly below the level of the liquid in the container across the area of the surface of the liquid through which the discs pass as they are removed from the liquid. The flow is provided by a plurality of nozzles located in the container slightly below the level of the liquid through which relatively clean liquid from the container is pumped. This flow is at a rate such as to remove from the area of the surface through which the discs are to pass contaminants which may float to the surface of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1983
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Barry N. Stevens, Lester R. Aldridge