Patents by Inventor N. Ray Dodd

N. Ray Dodd 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).

  • Refrigerated container
    Patent number: 4319464
    Abstract: A container constructed to cool the contents of the container by releasing a refrigerant from a pressure vessel within the container to chill the contents of the container by an endothermic expansion process of the refrigerant as a gas to the outside of the container. The pressure vessel within the container is conically formed at one end of the container as an integral part of the end wall structure of the container. The refrigerant gas is released by breaking a frangible end off a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Inventor: N. Ray Dodd