Patents by Inventor Louis Porcaro

Louis Porcaro 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: 5087364
    Abstract: A liquid control assembly consisting of: a housing having a top and bottom, a chamber, a drain conduit having an entryway in the chamber and communicating between the chamber and a discharge point, and a delivery conduit having an entryway in the chamber and communicating between the chamber and a point of use; and structure for selectively blocking the drain conduit entryway and for thereby diverting liquid in the chamber to the delivery conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Carter-Hoffmann Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Fortmann, Curtis C. Pinnow, Louis Porcaro
  • Patent number: 4961508
    Abstract: A condiment dispenser is provided having a length of resilient elastic tubing with an upper tube section and a lower tube section. An arm is pivotally mounted adjacent the tubing and moveable through dispensing and return strokes. The arm has an upper arm portion adjacent the upper tube section and a lower arm portion adjacent the lower tube section. During the dispensing stroke, the upper arm portion moves to compress the upper tube section against a wall on the opposite side of the tubing while the lower arm position retracts from the lower tube section to cause the condiment to be dispensed. The return stroke is caused by the return of the compressed upper tube section to a less compressed section, causing the lower arm section to compress and close the tubing at the lower tube section against the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Weimer, Louis Porcaro