Patents by Inventor William H. Kumm

William H. Kumm 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).

  • Method for transporting insulation to a work area
    Patent number: 4559761
    Abstract: A method and insulation transport device for transporting building-type rolled insulation or batts of insulation through an opening in a building to an area to be insulated, such as a crawl space, in which the opening to the area to be insulated is of less diameter than that of the roll of insulation or package of batts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Inventors: William H. Kumm, John H. Kumm
  • Under-ice traveling shelter system
    Patent number: 4157229
    Abstract: A slightly negatively buoyant personnel-accommodating chamber is suspended from a pair of buoyant-link flexible drive loops engaging the under surface of an ice cover over the body of water in which the chamber is submerged. Propulsion of the chamber can be effectuated through the medium of a power driven sprocket wheel arrangement that propels the chamber along the buoyant drive loops which in turn are caused to "roll" along the under surface of the ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: William H. Kumm