Patents by Inventor Robert C. Beacham

Robert C. Beacham 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: 4585150
    Abstract: The apparatus of this invention is for dispensing two liquids so that the ratio K of the flow rates of the liquids is substantially constant. The apparatus comprises two containers each having a dispensing orifice and an air vent passage having two ends, an inlet end at the outside surface of the container and an outlet end inside the container. In the preferred embodiment, the containers are geometrically proportional in shape with the dispensing or pouring orifices and vent passages all in corresponding locations. The ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the pouring orifices of the two containers is C K.sup.5/6 where C is the ratio of the flow coefficients of the two liquids to be poured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Beacham, Robert E. Switek, Jr., Jack Buelow
  • Patent number: 4361279
    Abstract: A combined container and dispenser for dispensing a volatile product such as air freshener or insecticide by volatilization of the product from within the container includes an annular cup having a threaded axial hub and a peripheral flange defining a seal surface. A spheroidal cap has a threaded axial stem arranged for progressive threaded coupling with the hub and an annular seal ring disposed at the outer edge of the cap and arranged to sealingly engage the seal surface of the cup to form a sealed container therewith. A cellulose pad impregnated with a volatile product is disposed on ribs provided on the hub in interference relationship therewith and has its outer edge supported by vane-like support members on the outer portion of the cup. A flange is provided on the distal end of the stem within a counterbore formed in the bottom of the cup and hub to limit the extent to which the container may be opened by unscrewing of the cap from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Robert C. Beacham
  • Patent number: D268613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Robert C. Beacham