Patents by Inventor Carl E. Canon

Carl E. Canon 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: 4933995
    Abstract: A flush-operated bathroom fan is provided which utilizes a float-operated actuator in the water closet tank of the toilet which actuates a switch, turning on the ceiling fan, when the water level in the water closet tank falls indicating that the toilet has been flushed, and when the float rises up again to the normal full-tank water level, the switch is thrown again and the fan is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Inventor: Carl E. Canon
  • Patent number: 4026053
    Abstract: An automatic calendar is comprised of a film strip having the month dates of an entire year displayed in the sequential frames thereof, each frame also having a pictorial illustration or the like and the film strip being advanced at twenty-four hour intervals beyond a window in the front of the calendar housing and illuminated from behind so that the pictorial image and month date are projected through the window, there being additional film strips to display the name of the month and the day of the week through respective additional windows, and a fourth film strip is provided which is manually adjustable to display the year date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Inventor: Carl E. Canon