Patents by Inventor Gordon Wells

Gordon Wells 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: 6182966
    Abstract: A board game including a recorder wherein the object of the game is to pronounce phrases backwards in an effort to have the pronunciation of the phrases sound correct when the tape is played backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventors: Gordon Wells, Karen L. Brooks
  • Patent number: 5676278
    Abstract: A hollow feed tube has a pair of generally radial openings adjacent the tip end thereof for dispensing water from an inverted bottle having a cap with an axially inwardly extending central recess. The feed tube is dimensioned to penetrate and sealingly engage the cap recess and disengage a sealing plug from the recess when the inverted water bottle is lowered onto the feed tube so as to expose the radial openings to water in the bottle. A conical diverter is disposed within the tip end of the hollow feed tube for intercepting bubbles of replacement air rising upwardly through the hollow feed tube and diverting the bubbles outwardly through one radial opening while water from the bottle flows inwardly through the other radial opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Philip R. Beyer, Edward H. Donselman, Richard Gordon Wells
  • Patent number: 4658681
    Abstract: A portable lathe includes a bed, a removable headstock and a removable slidable fixable tailstock. The bed has a horizontal plane surface and a vertical plane surface at one end thereof. The horizontal surface has a central longitudinal guide way therethrough. The vertical surface has a plurality of bed holes horizontally disposed therethrough. The headstock has a plurality of first headstock holes horizontally disposed therethrough. The first headstock holes are equal in number to and aligned with the bed holes. The headstock has a plurality of second headstock holes horizontally disposed therethrough. A second headstock hole is adjacent each first headstock hole. A push bolt is associated with each first headstock hole, and the free end of the push bolt bears on the vertical surface. A pull bolt is associated with each second headstock hole and bed hole. The tailstock includes a locking mechanism and an alignment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: American Machine and Tool Co.
    Inventors: Henry Pollak, Gordon Wells