Patents by Inventor Ralph F. Staubly

Ralph F. Staubly 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: 4425711
    Abstract: A metal or plastic spoon for babies has, at each end of a generally flat handle, a generally flat head having oppositely facing food-holding concavities. The handle margins and the rims of the heads are safely rounded to avoid sharp edges that could injure the baby. The double-concave and double-ended construction facilitates self-feeding and accelerates its learning by making the spoon always functional when held in a closed hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Inventors: Geraldine E. Wood, Ralph F. Staubly
  • Patent number: 4175699
    Abstract: A fuel-burning forced-air-circulating heating system having a thermostatically controlled heavy-duty blower, and a constantly operating or thermostatically controlled relatively low-powered supplemental air-circulating attachment for forcing air from the cold-air-return plenum to the hot-air-feed plenum of a conventional hot-air furnace. The supplemental attachment bypasses the furnace so that the air-flow resistance of the air filter of the furnace minimizes reverses air-flow through the furnace, resulting in a gentle temperature-equalizing (anti-stratification) circulation of air through the rooms being heated. Preferably, a thermostatic switch located close to a floor energizes the supplemental blower when needed to reduce temperature stratification in the heated space. Alternatively, or in addition, an outdoor thermostat can energize the supplemental blower in colder weather (when its operation is most needed).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Inventors: Charles F. Engeling, Ralph F. Staubly
  • Patent number: 4044950
    Abstract: A fuel-burning forced-air-circulating heating system having a thermostatically controlled heavy-duty blower, and a constantly operable relatively low-powered supplemental air-circulating attachment for forcing air from the cold-air-return plenum to the hot-air-feed plenum of a conventional hot-air furnace. The supplemental attachment bypasses the furnace so that the air-flow resistance of the air filter of the furnace minimizes reverse air-flow through the furnace, resulting in a gentle temperature-equalizing circulation of air through the rooms being heated. Preferably, and very importantly, the supplemental attachment may include a heat-exchanger associated with the furnace flue to further improve the thermal efficiency of the system thus modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Inventors: Charles F. Engeling, Ralph F. Staubly