Patents by Inventor Jacques Ponsy

Jacques Ponsy 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).

  • Prepackaged fluid test system for determining levels of a substance
    Patent number: 5328664
    Abstract: A device for determining the levels of a predetermined substance in a predetermined volume of a fluid has an inner tube, a mass in the inner tube of a material that changes properties when exposed to the substance so that when the fluid passes through the mass the substance changes, an outer protective tube surrounding the inner tube and having an open end, a frangible seal sheet covering the open outer-tube end, and a test element having an end pierceable through the sheet and fittable with an end of the inner tube. Thus to install the cartridge formed by the inner tube and its contents on the test element, same is merely poked through the seal to simultaneously open the package and fit over the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventor: Jacques Ponsy
  • Capsules for determining the alcohol content of the breath
    Patent number: 4329318
    Abstract: A capsule for testing the alcohol content in human breath contains a solid reagent. The capsule is capable of passing a gaseous fluid or liquid in a predetermined quantity for reacting with the reagent. The capsule has a middle part which is almost cylindrical and at least at one end has an orifice for regulating the fluid entering through the orifice and distributing it into the reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Inventors: Andre Le Grouyellec, Jacques Ponsy
  • Tube for testing for alcohol in the breath
    Patent number: D351468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Inventor: Jacques Ponsy