Patents by Inventor Leo P. Cawley

Leo P. Cawley 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: 4839058
    Abstract: A pliable compressible, liquid impervious bag having at least one integral part with a bag hole extending entirely therethrough. The bag includes a structure defining a bag aperture for communicating with the inside of the bag. A plurality of beads is positioned in the bag, and the beads are covalently coupled with a binder. A method for liquid modification comprising installing into a centrifuge bowl the pliable liquid impervious bag having the plurality of beads. A centrifuge cover is secured to the centrifuge bowl, and a liquid having matter to be removed is introduced into the pliable bag. The centrifuge bowl is supn at a predetermined speed in order to mix vigorously the liquid with the beads in the bag in order to expose the beads to a matter within the liquid such that the exposure enables the matter to attach and adsorb to the exterior surface of the beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Inventors: Leo P. Cawley, Steven A. Bryant, Barbara J. Minard
  • Patent number: 4722790
    Abstract: A pliable compressible, liquid impervious bag having at least one integral part with a bag hole extending entirely therethrough. The bag includes a structure defining a bag aperture for communicating with the inside of the bag. A plurality of beads is positioned in the bag, and the beads are covalently coupled with a binder. A method for liquid modification comprising installing into a centrifuge bowl the pliable liquid impervious bag having the plurality of beads. A centrifuge cover is secured to the centrifuge bowl, and a liquid having matter to be removed is introduced into the pliable bag. The centrifuge bowl is spun at a predetermined speed in order to mix vigorously the liquid with the beads in the bag in order to expose the beads to a matter within the liquid such that the exposure enables the matter to attach and adsorb to the exterior surface of the beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Inventors: Leo P. Cawley, Steven A. Bryant, Barbara J. Minard
  • Patent number: 4051752
    Abstract: A process and a gel cutting device constructed and adapted to remove gel like material from a surface, the device having a hollow body with fluid communication therethrough, a pickup conduit attached to the inlet of the body, a cutter on the inlet end of the pickup conduit. The outlet of the body is connectable to a vacuum source. In operation the process and the gel cutter have the cutter of the pickup conduit passed into gel material, cutting same and passing the removed material through the pickup conduit into the hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: Bioware, Inc.
    Inventor: Leo P. Cawley
  • Patent number: 3949471
    Abstract: A process and a gel cutting device constructed and adapted to remove gel like material from a surface, the device having a hollow body with fluid communication therethrough, a pickup conduit attached to the inlet of the body, a cutter on the inlet end of the pickup conduit. The outlet of the body is connectable to a vacuum source. In operation the process and the gel cutter have the cutter of the pickup conduit passed into gel material, cutting same and passing the removed material through the pickup conduit into the hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Inventor: Leo P. Cawley