Patents by Inventor John F. Cavanagh

John F. Cavanagh 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: 7118249
    Abstract: A decorative illuminated article adapted for use with a lighting string includes a wiring assembly including a length of wire having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to a male insert, the second end connected to a lighting assembly, a hollow enclosure including a decorative element contained therein and a neck adapted to receive the lighting assembly, and a clip attached to the wire for receiving a light bulb from the lighting string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Inventors: Fu-Hsien Hsu, John F. Cavanagh
  • Patent number: 7097069
    Abstract: A vendable prize delivery mechanism contains a premium that is to be delivered via a vending machine. The vendable prize delivery mechanism has a currency slot to allow for the insertion of differing local currencies in the amount that the local vending machines require in the country in which the promotion is being done. The vendable prize delivery mechanism has a size and shape of a primary product container that is customarily delivered to a consumer by a vending machine. The vendable prize delivery mechanism has an opening to an interior region for insertion of the premium and a removable bottom or snap-apart capability to allow the consumer to access premium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Cavanagh Group International, Inc.
    Inventor: John F. Cavanagh
  • Patent number: 4621997
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing wafers is disclosed that includes a pair of rolls each containing cavities that form the wafers. The cavities each have outer edge walls that extend from the bottom portion of the cavity at an obtuse angle and the two rolls are arranged so that the cavities become effectively mirror images of each other as they engage at the nip. The cavities also have portions rising from the bottom thereof that impress a design substantially equal from both sides to proclude warping of the bread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Cavanagh & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Cavanagh, Jr., Paul A. Cavanagh
  • Patent number: 4469476
    Abstract: Wafers are produced by guiding a sheet of bread having friable outer crusts and a relatively soft center through wafer forming apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of rolls, one of said rolls, i.e., a cutting roll having one or more wafer forming recesses or cavities therein and the other roll being a pressure roll which operates in rolling engagement with the cutting roll. As the sheet of bread is introduced into the nip formed between the two rolls the pressure roll acts to press the bread into the cavity or cavities on the cutting roll and into engagement with the edges of the cavity or cavities to cut wafers from the sheet of bread. Each cavity is configured to have a bottom surface which rises as a gradually tapering wall to a cutting edge which is coterminious with the surface of the cutting roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Cavanagh & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Cavanagh, Paul A. Cavanagh
  • Patent number: 4352831
    Abstract: Wafers are produced by guiding a sheet of bread having friable outer crusts and a relatively soft center through wafer forming apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of rolls, one of said rolls, i.e., a cutting roll having one or more wafer forming recesses or cavities therein and the other roll being a pressure roll which operates in rolling engagement with the cutting roll. As the sheet of bread is introduced into the nip formed between the two rolls the pressure roll acts to press the bread into the cavity or cavities on the cutting roll and into engagement with the edges of the cavity or cavities to cut wafers from the sheet of bread. Each cavity is configured to have a bottom surface which rises as a gradually tapering wall to a cutting edge which is coterminous with the surface of the cutting roll. Continuous production of wafers is possible with the edges of the wafers being sharply defined, free of undesirable crumbling and devoid of fracture lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Cavanagh & Sons
    Inventors: John F. Cavanagh, Paul A. Cavanagh
  • Patent number: 3947770
    Abstract: A device for indicating the intensity of the vertical component of an incnt electromagnetic field independently of the frequency or the direction of the field uses a dual-loop antenna, current transformers and a means for combining voltage signals. The two antenna loops are planar and the planes of the loops are disposed orthogonally to each other. The loops are arranged to intersect at a common central axis, and the loops are thus symmetrically disposed about the axis. When a source of electromagnetic radiation is incident on the antenna, a current is generated in the loops which is then transformed into a voltage and combined to produce an output which is independent of frequency, of the direction of the field, and is thus representative of the total vertical field intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John F. Cavanagh, Dennis E. Vaught, Hugh K. Wolfe