Patents by Inventor John P. Gagliardo

John P. Gagliardo 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: 6039065
    Abstract: A fluid proportioning valve meters a flow of secondary fluid into a flow of primary fluid in a predetermined, controllable proportion of secondary fluid to primary fluid and in a predetermined, controlled volume flow of secondary fluid responsive to volume flow of primary fluid. The fluid proportioning valve includes: a housing defining a conduit in operation for flow of secondary fluid from an inlet in communication with a source of secondary fluid towards an outlet in communication with a source of primary fluid; a first valve element disposed within the housing and defining a first valve opening between inlet and outlet; and a second valve element disposed within the housing and defining a second valve opening between inlet and outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Regal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo
  • Patent number: 4535846
    Abstract: Turret for moving a fire fighting nozzle in an oscillation mode and in an elevation selecting movement. The turret having a separate controllable double-acting pneumatic cylinder for each movement, operated by pressured air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Gagliardo, Donald K. Morse, Albert Pruneau, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4503915
    Abstract: System for distributing secondary fluid into a primary fluid, as in a fire-fighting system, including a proportioner having plurality of passages, each of which is sized for the amount of secondary fluid necessary for a particular one of a plurality of fire-fighting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Gagliardo, Albert J. Pruneau
  • Patent number: 4473190
    Abstract: Nozzle for use with a non-aspirated fire-fighting medium capable of a selection of two rates of flow and two modes of spray control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo
  • Patent number: 4342426
    Abstract: Nozzle for use with a non-aspirated fire-fighting medium capable of a selection of two rates of flow and two modes of spray control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo
  • Patent number: 4214630
    Abstract: Nozzle for use with two different fire fighting agents, these being a ball valve and an exit tube for each agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo
  • Patent number: 4143717
    Abstract: Nozzle having a housing with a cylindrical inner surface and with a fixed wall extending at a right angle to its axis. A movable wall is mounted in the housing adjacent the fixed wall and is rotatable about the axis, so that a pattern of apertures in the movable wall match similar apertures in the fixed wall to control flow of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Gagliardo, Fay A. Purvis
  • Patent number: 4030666
    Abstract: Fire fighting nozzle having a hard grip containing a bottom-actuated pilot valve which admits small amounts of a fluid under pressure to a main fluid valve to control its operation to regulate large flows of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo
  • Patent number: 3989109
    Abstract: A fire fighting turret including three 90.degree. elbows arranged seriatim with swivel joints where the two end elbows are connected to the central elbow attached to a second turret in such a manner that reaction forces create no problem and the field of aiming is affected very little.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo