Patents by Inventor James M. Cromer

James M. Cromer 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).

  • Flow-through surge receiver
    Patent number: 4621505
    Abstract: A flow-through surge receiver for a refrigeration system having compressor, condenser and evaporator means, in which a surge-type receiver forms a reservoir for liquid refrigerant and has a flow-through conduit receiving refrigerant from the condenser means and an outlet for passing such refrigerant directly to the evaporator means in by-pass relation with the receiver reservoir, and a passageway for establishing fluid communication between said conduit and reservoir below the normal liquid refrigerant level in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Roland A. Ares, James M. Cromer, Wayne G. Schaeffer, William C. Wehmeier