Patents Represented by Attorney John P. Sinnott
  • Patent number: 4819909
    Abstract: A self-closing valve, having means to discharge a predetermined volume of water for each cycle of operation, is disclosed. The valve includes the arrangement of timing means which determines the elapsed time for its operational cycle, a one-way valve means to expel air from the metering chamber during the actuating cycle of the valve, and air metering means which replaces air entering the mixing chamber at a constant uniform rate, all of which cooperate with the valving means to discharge a predetermined volume of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Hart, Karl G. Ohaus, Earl W. Nickerson, David J. Meisner
  • Patent number: 4808104
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the invention comprises an annular device for preparing pie crusts in which the inner margin of the device defines the central, circular opening. The margin, perpendicular to the base of the device, also forms a cutting edge that slopes away from the opening and toward the base until it intersects a flat working surface for the device. An arcuate surface, curving from the working surface to the base enables the device to be positioned on a breadboard with the cutting edge oriented in the proper direction. By rolling dough deposited in the opening, the opening fills up to the margin and surplus dough flows over the cutting edge and onto the working surface, the cutting edge severing the surplus dough from the shaped mass in the opening. The device, with surplus dough, is lifted smartly away from the breadboard, leaving a circular pie crust of uniform thickness defined by the marginal distance between the base and the crest of the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Inventor: Michael D'Orlando
  • Patent number: 4796666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary single-handle mixing valve having control elements composed of at least two discs, one of which serves as a fixed valve seat disc with two inlet openings for cold and hot water. For purposes of operating the mixing valve in combination with thermally or hydraulically controlled flow heaters, the centroids of the port areas of the inlet openings, or at least the centroid of the port area of the cold water inlet opening, is shifted a few degrees of angle towards the cold water setting in order to achieve hydraulic asymmetry when the operating handle is in its central position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Konrad Bergmann
  • Patent number: 4794952
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination single-handle mixing valve and appliance valve assembly, mounted in a common housing and having common hot and cold water connections. The appliance valve, axially positioned between the mixing valve cartridge and the manifold, is in fluid communication with the mixing valve and includes a handle to supply water to the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard
    Inventor: Bernhard Burkard
  • Patent number: 4784368
    Abstract: A self-closing valve assembly for sanitary installations is disclosed. The valve assembly includes upper and lower valve housings which define a metering chamber that is normally filled with a metering fluid. A metering means, shiftably mounted in the lower valve housing, includes a first one-way valve means which displaces a predetermined volume of the metering fluid when said valve assembly is shifted to its opened position. A closure means, which includes a second one-way valve means, is operably coupled to the metering means to automatically shift said metering means from its opened to its normally closed position, by transferring the displaced volume of said metering fluid in the metering chamber through a second one-way valve means after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, to thereby close said valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Koch, Bernhard Burkard
  • Patent number: 4765002
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a peripheral flange generally perpendicular to the plane of the lavatory basin. The flange has a generally downwardly, inwardly sloping surface to enable the splash water to flow into the basin within the lavatory. As the flange sweeps around the periphery of the lavatory it develops into a massive spout support. The spout support enables the spout to direct water into the basin without causing the spout to extend across the basin surface. The support also has a protruding portion that establishes a reentrant basin surface in which the overflow drain is concealed from view when the lavatory is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph W. Platner
  • Patent number: D296233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Axel Enthoven
  • Patent number: D296234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Axel Enthoven
  • Patent number: D296235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Schmitz
  • Patent number: D296236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Axel Enthoven
  • Patent number: D296237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Axel Enthoven
  • Patent number: D296354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fabian
  • Patent number: D296923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Ansgar Brossardt, Arno Koerner
  • Patent number: D298274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fabian
  • Patent number: D299515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fabian
  • Patent number: D299519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fabian
  • Patent number: D300454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Henry M. Stairs, Jr.
  • Patent number: D300845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: AmericanStandard Inc.
    Inventor: Henry M. Stairs, Jr.
  • Patent number: D300846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Masayuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: D301276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventor: Herta A. Bengtsson