Patents by Inventor Robert J. Frost

Robert J. Frost 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: 7278986
    Abstract: A multi-use safety syringe has a retractable needle that retracts only when the user wants to retract the needle. The safety syringe has an internal moveable carriage that locks to an end cap with releasable locking elements. The safety syringe guards against premature retraction of the needle by requiring the simultaneous release of two releasable locking elements by the user. When the locking elements are released, the carriage is released. The released carriage slides backward within the barrel, retracting the needle within the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Inventor: Robert J. Frost
  • Patent number: 5165551
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting defects in discrete articles, such as fasteners having an indexable article carrier with a plurality of article holders on the article carrier for supporting articles in a holding position so that each article in the holding position moves in a prescribed path as the article carrier is operated; structure for incrementally indexing the article carrier to position each article holder alternatively in (a) a first position in which an article can be inserted therein from a supply, and (b) a second position spaced from said first position; structure for shifting an article in a holder in the second position out of the holding position therefor into an inspecting position and for rotating an article in a holder in an inspecting position so that the complete periphery of an article to be inspected is exposed for examination is included; and eddy current scanning structure for examining the exposed part of an article while being rotated in the inspection position therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Automation Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Frost