Patents Represented by Attorney Gerry A. Blodgett
  • Patent number: 4240405
    Abstract: Solar water heater using the phase-change principle including a collector, a condenser, and an accumulator joined to form a natural circulation system, including a pressure accumulator and a vapor-release drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Inventor: Roger F. French
  • Patent number: 4240415
    Abstract: An orthopedic cast made of a thermoplastic polyester having a melting point between 50.degree. C. and 100.degree. C., particularly poly (epsilon-caprolactone) having a weight average molecular weight of over 5,000 subjected to electron radiation in the range from 0.25 to 15.0 megarads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: WFR/Aquaplast Corp.
    Inventor: Lloyd H. Wartman
  • Patent number: 4239255
    Abstract: Attachment for application to a ski to prevent the skier from sliding rearwardly when standing on a sloped surface, the attachment including a pawl which is movable from an operative position in which it lies outside the ski to an inoperative storage position on top of the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Inventors: Ronald B. Boudreau, John P. Crossin
  • Patent number: 4238978
    Abstract: Torque wrench having an output shaft driven through a torque-limiting clutch including a clutch cam and a clutch ball held in driving relationship by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Lowell Corporation
    Inventor: Richard P. Leone
  • Patent number: 4238209
    Abstract: Gas drying apparatus consisting of two vertical towers each containing desiccant and means causing gas to flow alternately over through the towers to be dried by the desiccant or to dry the desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Assignee: Ramco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel M. LaPointe
  • Patent number: 4238418
    Abstract: An aqueous 30 wt. % solution of formaldehyde trickled with an equal volume of NaOH solution over a zeolite (NaX, 5A, or Na Mordenite) at 94.degree. C., 1 atm, 1.21-2.36 liquid hourly space velocity, catalytically condenses to HOCH.sub.2 CHO, glycolaldehyde, a fraction of which then converts to HOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH, ethylene glycol, by cross-Cannizzaro side reaction. Zeolite degradation is prevented by maintaining pH near 11. Selectivity can be controlled so that less than 1% byproduct formose sugars are made. Methanol and sodium formate are also byproducts. All of the remaining glycolaldehyde could, in principle, be converted to ethylene glycol in either a subsequent cross-Cannizzaro reaction or a hydrogenation step. Thus, the reaction represents a potential non-petrochemical route for either glycolaldehyde or ethylene glycol from CO+H.sub.2, via methanol and formaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Inventor: Alvin H. Weiss
  • Patent number: 4226068
    Abstract: System consisting of a series of decorative panels arranged in coplanar relationship over the vertical surface of a structure, each panel being attached to the structure at its central point by a single separable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Fern Engineering
    Inventor: Walter J. Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 4226102
    Abstract: Meter lock including a band for embracing and holding together a meter flange and a corresponding flange on a meter box, the lock including a housing for holding and locking together the ends of the band with a disengagement taking place only by removal of a locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Albert Mattress, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4224319
    Abstract: An antiseptic composition, particularly useful against bromidrosis, is prepared by using a disinfecting surface-active amino acid in water having dispersed therein one or several triglycerides of fatty acids of C.sub.12 to C.sub.20. The composition contains 0.3 to 5% by weight of the above bactericidal and fungicidal surface-active amino acid, a fatty material comprising said triglyceride, water and at least one of the vitamins A and E, and preferably also some sterols. The amino acid has the structure RNH(R.sup.1 NH).sub.n R.sup.2 COOH where R is an aliphatic chain of 8 to 18C, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkylenes, while n is 0 or 1.0 or 2.0. Preferably the composition further contains a pesticide quaternary ammonium derivative.The composition is very effective agaist bromidrosis, particularly that of the feet, without any irritant action on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Inventor: Ernest Marcadet
  • Patent number: 4223928
    Abstract: Latch lock hardware for a window having a latch-lug that is insertable into a latch pocket in the casing for tilting purposes. The latch lock hardware comprises a pair of vertically-spaced cams located on the casing above the latch-pocket and a pair of vertically-spaced elements mounted on the window. The upper element is located beneath the upper cam to prevent removal of the window for a small tilting angle of the window and the lower element is located beneath the lower cam to prevent removal of the window for a relatively larger tilting angle of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG
    Inventor: Ernst Roth
  • Patent number: 4222191
    Abstract: Conversion plug having the general shape of a shotgun shell, having a large counterbore formed in the end adjacent the hammer and having a small threaded counterbore to receive a nipple adapted to receive a percussion firing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Inventors: Thomas M. Lee, Charles Kupfer
  • Patent number: 4221241
    Abstract: A lug strap connector for looms comprising an elongated body of flexible material having a narrow central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Inventor: Robert G. Mallard
  • Patent number: 4219958
    Abstract: Apparatus for use as a toy, consisting of an endless band formed of wire triangles alternately arranged and hingedly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Norman S. Blodgett
    Inventor: Lev Shulyak
  • Patent number: 4219299
    Abstract: Unwrapping bread by vertically compressing a wrapped loaf to produce excess wrapping material at the sides thereof, clamping the excess wrapper material and stretching the wrapper at the bottom of the loaf, separating the cut wrapper from the bread while retaining the excess wrapper material, and thereafter releasing the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Inventor: James C. Watson
  • Patent number: 4217716
    Abstract: Street sign structure, including two signs held at a right angle at vertically-spaced levels and a connector element joining the signs and consisting of an upper panel attached to the upper sign and a lower panel attached to the lower sign with an integral connector joining the two panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Inventor: Pompeli F. Acquaviva
  • Patent number: 4218038
    Abstract: Comb having teeth with generally rectangular cross-sections and apparatus for making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Inventor: Norman M. Garneau, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4216659
    Abstract: Thermal system which simultaneously collects heat from waste water and from the dehumidification of a living space and utilizes the heat thus collected to heat water; the transfer of heat is accomplished by a heat exchange medium circulating in a closed loop system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Inventor: Roger F. French
  • Patent number: 4214498
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting and operating a chain saw, including a table for supporting wood to be cut and an elongated actuating arm mounted on the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Inventors: Peter W. Zukas, William Zukas
  • Patent number: 4214630
    Abstract: Nozzle for use with two different fire fighting agents, these being a ball valve and an exit tube for each agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Gagliardo
  • Patent number: 4212178
    Abstract: Rolling mill for forming seamless pipes from round billets, comprising a rotary piercing mill or a punch press for shaping billets into hollow blocks, a cross conveyor leading to a planetary rolling mill for the rolling of the hollow blocks on a mandrel into seamless pipe, followed by stretch-reducing rolling mill for rolling the seamless pipes into a finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Erich Bretschneider