Patents Represented by Attorney Daniel J. Reardon
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Patent number: 4523528Abstract: Transaction processing enclosure for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus, documentation, and the like including a housing that incorporates electrically conductive, structural, radiant heat reflective, fibrous, refractory, and ceramic insulating ply.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1981Date of Patent: June 18, 1985Assignee: Transaction Security, Inc.Inventors: Otis H. Hastings, Otis M. Hastings
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Patent number: 4500319Abstract: A pile fabric of synthetic fibers having a textured or embossed surface produced by selectively contacting the surface of said fabric with a chemical embossing agent, allowing the embossing action to occur, and thereafter effectively removing the embossing agent from the surface; said embossing serving to reduce the height of the pile in the treated areas and creating said textured appearance.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1982Date of Patent: February 19, 1985Assignee: Congoleum CorporationInventor: Frank E. Ehrenfeld, Jr.
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Patent number: 4477568Abstract: A process for producing cyclodextrin from starch in which an aqueous solun of starch is subjected to the action of an active cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase and the reaction mixture containing cyclodextrin, starch degradation products and active enzyme is continuously subjected to an ultrafiltration process to effect passage of the formed cyclodextrin through the membrane, while retaining substantially all of the other starch degradation products and active enzyme, thus permitting more cyclodextrin to be formed in the retentate, which will then pass the membrane, collecting the aqueous solution of cyclodextrin and recovering the cyclodextrin.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1982Date of Patent: October 16, 1984Assignee: Proefstation voor Aardappelverweking-TNO en Cooperatieve Verkoop en Produktievereniging van Aardappelmeel en Derivaten AVERE B.A.Inventors: Hendrik Hokse, Frederik S. Kaper, Jacob T. Wijpkema
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Patent number: 4475465Abstract: A transaction security device comprising a booth of a material and construction capable of selective voluntary entry and involuntary personnel retention and incorporating a transaction interface; entrance means for said booth; a closure for said entrance means, and control means adapted to secure and unsecure at least said entrance means; and cooperating with said booth, disposed, therein, or indeed independent thereof, at least one secondary enclosure adapted to contain apparatus disposed upon at least one turntable within a housing module composed of an enclosure, portions of which are independently rotatable about said turntable and the devices disposed thereon; and means for access to the interior of said housing and with said transaction interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1982Date of Patent: October 9, 1984Assignee: Transaction Security, Inc.Inventor: Otis H. Hastings
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Patent number: 4449764Abstract: A transaction processing enclosure for housing of electronic data processing equipment and the like, comprising a frame rack assembly formed of hollow conduit support members, arranged at spaced intervals to provide a unitary support structure adapted to receive and store electronic data processing equipment and the like; the hollow support members being interconnected to permit distribution of a fluid thereto with emission therefrom along the course of the hollow support members into the enclosure in combination with a turntable mounted to support the frame rack assembly and affect rotation thereof within said enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1981Date of Patent: May 22, 1984Assignee: Transaction Security, Inc.Inventor: Otis H. Hastings
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Patent number: 4446202Abstract: This invention relates to a process for rendering non-thermoplastic fibers and fibrous compositions flame resistant when contacted with a hot molten material, that involves the application thereto of a flame retardant composition incorporating a water-insoluble, non-phosphorous, solid, particulate mixture of brominated organic compound and a metal oxide or a metal oxide and metal hydrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1981Date of Patent: May 1, 1984Assignee: White Chemical CorporationInventor: Vladimir Mischutin
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Patent number: 4443505Abstract: A process for developing an embossed effect on nylon pile fabric by applying the embossing agent and color to the pile, using a wet-on-wet technique to move the embossing agent toward the base of the pile, and finishing by heating the treated pile. An embossing of satisfactory depth is obtained, shrinkage of the fibers is near the base, with the embossed fibers at their exposed ends having a soft feel. Dye penetration in the fiber is commercially acceptable.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1982Date of Patent: April 17, 1984Assignee: Congoleum CorporationInventor: Frank E. Ehrenfeld, Jr.
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Patent number: 4426242Abstract: This invention relates to a flexibly and permanently interlocked manifold assembly of superimposed sheets or webs, and the method and apparatus for producing this assembly, wherein the superimposed sheets of the assembly are fastened by a stress-relieving means composed of crimps formed in one exterior sheet of said assembly and any intermediate sheets thereof; the crimps being formed in registry and the terminal margins thereof having an adhesive coated thereon and attached to the interior surface of the opposing exterior sheet of the said assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1981Date of Patent: January 17, 1984Assignee: American Standard, Inc.Inventors: Ivars Sarkans, Charles A. Figgins
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Patent number: 4421295Abstract: A valve apparatus for controlling fluid flow wherein the apparatus comprises a valve assembly and valve housing; the valve housing including a valve chamber incorporating fluid inlet and outlet conduits and a valve seat; and the valve assembly including a valve stem and collar; the stem extending at one end into said chamber and adapted to rectilinear but limited movement within said collar; a swivel bearing cup having a bearing surface and rim abutting the terminal end of said valve stem within said valve chamber; and a resilient, compressible, annular valve diaphragm mounted about said valve stem and swivel bearing cup within said chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1981Date of Patent: December 20, 1983Assignee: American Standard, Inc.Inventor: Richard G. Parkison
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Patent number: 4421294Abstract: In a valve apparatus for controlling fluid flow wherein the apparatus comprises a valve assembly and valve housing; the valve housing including a valve chamber incorporating fluid inlet and outlet conduits and a valve seat; and the valve assembly including a valve stem and collar; the stem adapted to rectilinear but limited movement within said collar including a terminal flange extending into said valve chamber; a stop ring disposed about said valve stem and in spaced relation thereto below the level of said collar; a swivel bearing cup having a rim engaging abutting said terminal flange of said valve stem; and a resilient, compressible valve diaphragm mounted about said valve stem and swivel bearing cup within said chamber; the improvement that includes, among other novel features, a radial space provided between the upper portion of said neck of said valve stem and the inner diameter of said stop ring such that said space comprises up to about 160 percent of the thickness of said diaphragm neck.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1981Date of Patent: December 20, 1983Assignee: American Standard, Inc.Inventors: Richard G. Parkison, Edward G. Hofstetter
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Patent number: 4408745Abstract: This invention relates to a faucet valve for controlling the rate of flow of fluid from a first conduit usually to a second conduit in which there is provided a valve stem adapted by means of an externally threaded collar to be mounted and retained in a faucet housing and a swivel valve attached to one end of the foregoing valve stem by engaging or gripping means including a plurality of spaced resilient elongate arms disposed circumferentially about the body of said valve and terminating in a series of fingers or detents retained in, but detachable from, an annular groove formed in the valve stem, and contiguous with the button or flattened knob or foot forming the adjacent end of the valve stem. The valve body is modified on one surface to provide a resilient snap-on engagement of the foregoing arms and fingers with the valve stem.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1980Date of Patent: October 11, 1983Assignee: American Standard, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. Swiers, Richard G. Parkison
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Patent number: 4381716Abstract: Transaction processing enclosures for containment of electronic data processing equipment, banking apparatus and the like incorporating a housing comprising a composite laminate composed of reflective, refractory and structural elements to provide an enclosure of unique structural integrity, and protection to the environment within and outside said enclosure against adverse factors such as impact and fire, and insulation against wide variations in temperature exterior to said enclosure while sustaining a stable environment within said enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1979Date of Patent: May 3, 1983Inventors: Otis H. Hastings, Otis M. Hastings
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Patent number: 4375262Abstract: This invention relates to an improved package or container made of a rigid cellular foam for protecting fragile articles such as light bulbs during storage or transport and is composed of two hingedly connected housing elements having recesses adapted to enclose said article; holding it in snug engagement within the container and having outer surfaces sloped at each end and polygonal shaped intermediate portions forming ribs providing protection to the contained article in a radial direction, with coplanar flanges extending outwardly from the foregoing recesses in a plane substantially perpendicular to the cross-sectional plane defined by said polygonal ribs.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1981Date of Patent: March 1, 1983Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.Inventor: John Hrenyo
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Patent number: 4355063Abstract: Pile fabrics, which have been prepared from nylon carpet fibers having a textured or embossed surface induced by a chemical shrinking process for developing the texture of the fabric, involving selectively contacting the surface of certain areas of the carpet with a chemical fiber shrinking agent for the nylon fibers and allowing the shrinking action to occur, and thereafter, removing the shrinking agent from the fibers, the thus treated areas, thereafter, showing a reduced height of pile to create the texture of the fabric, are kept soft in the treated areas by simultaneously incorporating in the shrinking material, or of the dye composition used as a combination color and shrinking material, a protective agent compatible with the fiber and also one which is not destroyed by the chemical nature of the shrinking or dyeing compositon to maintain the shrunk fibers soft and pliant.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1980Date of Patent: October 19, 1982Assignee: Congoleum CorporationInventors: Leon B. Palmer, Robert P. Conger
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Patent number: 4348966Abstract: A transaction security device comprising a booth of a material and construction capable of selective voluntary entry and involuntary personnel retention and incorporating a transaction interface; entrance means for said booth; a closure for said entrance means, and control means adapted to secure and unsecure at least said entrance means; and cooperating with said booth, disposed, therein, or indeed independent thereof, at least one secondary enclosure adapted to contain apparatus disposed upon at least one turntable within a housing module composed of an enclosure, portions of which are independently rotatable about said turntable and the devices disposed thereon; and means for access to the interior of said housing and with said transaction interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1978Date of Patent: September 14, 1982Inventor: Otis H. Hastings
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Patent number: 4348306Abstract: A process for rendering synthetic materials, of synthetic fibers or mixtures of the same flame resistant which entails employing water insoluble flame retardant agents which are treated as colorless pigments, reduced to extremely finely divided condition, suspended in aqueous medium and applied as such or as part of a dispersed dye paste to the fabric, dried and set in place.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1979Date of Patent: September 7, 1982Assignee: White Chemical CorporationInventor: Vladimir Mischutin
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Patent number: 4340381Abstract: Pile fabrics prepared from synthetic fibers having a textured or embossed surface resulting from a process which comprises selectively contacting the surface of said fabric with a chemical embossing agent therefor, allowing the embossing action to occur, and thereafter effectively removing the embossing agent from the surface; said embossing serving to reduce the height of the pile in the treated areas and creating said textured appearance.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1979Date of Patent: July 20, 1982Assignee: Congoleum CorporationInventor: Frank E. Ehrenfeld, Jr.
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Patent number: 4307897Abstract: This invention relates to a flexibly and permanently interlocked manifold assembly of superimposed sheets or webs, and the method and apparatus for producing this assembly, wherein the superimposed sheets of the assembly are fastened by a stress-relieving means composed of crimps formed in one exterior sheet of said assembly and any intermediate sheets thereof; the crimps being formed in registry and the terminal margins thereof having an adhesive coated thereon and attached to the interior surface of the opposing exterior sheet of the said assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1978Date of Patent: December 29, 1981Assignee: American Standard, Inc.Inventors: Ivars Sarkans, Charles A. Figgins
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Patent number: 4265972Abstract: A composite fiber or filament comprising a core or substrate coated with a cellular foam, and an outer circumference characterized by a substantially continuous, microcellular breathable and abrasion-resistant aspect.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1979Date of Patent: May 5, 1981Inventor: Bernard Rudner
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Patent number: 4237186Abstract: A metallic substrate and a thermoplastic resinous coating are bonded to one another by a resinous hot melt adhesive. The method of applying the coating to effect the bond includes applying to the metallic substrate a resinous hot melt polyamide adhesive composition which has been found to adhere firmly to the metallic substrate and to form a secure bond with the molten thermoplastic resin extruded onto said hot melt adhesive at high rates of speed.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1978Date of Patent: December 2, 1980Assignee: Colorguard CorporationInventor: Glen E. Ingraham