Patents Represented by Attorney John T. Meaney
  • Patent number: 4043845
    Abstract: A magnetic material comprising a substantially homogeneous mixture of rare earth, cobalt, and carbon elements, the percentage weight of the carbon component being in the range of about 1 percent and one-hundreth of one percent of the mixture; and a magnet made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Norman J. Dionne
  • Patent number: 4043317
    Abstract: A solar collector of the type embodying a collector plate with fluid conduits disposed in heat-conductive relation to the plate, and a transparent cover spaced above the plate-conduit assembly, with venting devices being provided in opposite end portions of the assembly for permitting cool air circulation within the space between the plate and cover to maintain the temperature of the collector below an established level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Howard Scharfman
  • Patent number: 4036079
    Abstract: A brake lock knob assembly comprising a bushing disposed to bindingly engage an axially inserted shaft end portion and having a first frictional brake surface disposed in releasable resilient engagement with a second frictional brake surface of an adjacent nonrotatable member, and an axially movable knob shell having an inwardly projecting portion disposed to disengage the brake surfaces and having interlocking means for rotatably engaging the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Albert R. Pratt
  • Patent number: 4034283
    Abstract: A voltage divider comprising a coaxial array of spaced parallel, capacitive plates connected to one another by respective resistive elements disposed between the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: The Machlett Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Anthony Pellegrino
  • Patent number: 4033322
    Abstract: A windowed door structure for an oven such as used for household baking and broiling functions, for example, which door structure assumes relatively low exterior surface temperatures during operation of the oven by virtue of the fact that the window overlies the window opening and is spaced from the front panel of the door around the window opening so as to provide a substantially dead air space between the window and the spaced underlying panel and rear window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Harry W. Seidel
  • Patent number: 4029572
    Abstract: A rotary drum air classifier apparatus for separating light and heavy materials introduced into the drum by conveyor means, means for producing a flow of air at relatively high velocity through the drum for entraining light materials, heating means encircling the drum for radiatively heating the drum and drying materials therein during the separation process, and means at one end of the drum for heating air as it enters the drum for further assisting in the drying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Theodore, Malcolm M. Paterson, William J. Paxson
  • Patent number: 4029573
    Abstract: Waste segregating apparatus for separating selected nonferromagnetic conductive metals from other nonferromagnetic materials in a commingled supply thereof, comprising means for forming a moving supply of shredded nonferromagnetic materials into a plurality of streams, a first separation stage comprising a plurality of adjustable ramps for receiving respective streams and including steady-state magnetic means for splitting each stream into at least three streamlets containing materials having different conductivity characteristics, and a second separation stage comprising additional ramps for receiving selected ones of said streamlets and separating them still further into additional streamlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Theodore, John S. DiMercurio
  • Patent number: 4023005
    Abstract: A method of welding high reflectivity materials by laser radiation comprising cladding material in the area to be welded with a low reflectivity material and subsequently directing a coherent beam of laser radiation, pulsed or continuous, onto the clad material to form in the weld area a molten alloy of the two materials which, when cooled, forms a weld nugget which is integrally bonded with the high reflectivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Stephen R. Bolin
  • Patent number: 4018716
    Abstract: A radiographic system comprising an X-ray source disposed to direct an X-ray beam through an adjustable shutter aperture in an aligned collimator and onto an image receptor in a holder located at a preselected distance from the source; and automatic means for preventing an X-ray exposure until prescribed operating conditions have been satisfied, the automatic means including read-only-memory means for storing the prescribed conditions therein and ascertaining whether or not the prescribed conditions have been met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: The Machlett Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas W. Fitzsimmons, Vincent Berluti, Jr., Howard G. Wagner, Jonathan S. Shapiro
  • Patent number: 4017757
    Abstract: An X-ray tube comprising an evacuated envelope having therein a plurality of anode target materials suitably disposed for bombardment by respective electron beams, either simultaneously or alternatively, each of the electron beams being independently variable with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: The Machlett Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald F. DeCou, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4016071
    Abstract: Apparatus for separating magnetic materials from nonmagnetic materials in a supply of mixed waste material, comprising an inclined rotary drum having loading means for introducing a continuous flow of mixed waste materials into the drum, means for simultaneously directing a stream of air at relatively high velocity through the drum to entrain and thereby remove light materials from the mixture therein out of the higher end thereof, means for rotating the drum to move heavy materials toward the lower end thereof, and magnetic means for selecting magnetic materials from the separated heavy materials and removing the magnetic materials separately from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Malcolm M. Paterson
  • Patent number: 4005322
    Abstract: A rotating anode target for X-ray tubes comprising a substrate disc provided with an annular marginal portion having opposed bevel surfaces convergent toward an outer peripheral edge of the disc, one of the surfaces being coated with a layer of X-ray emissive material which extends around the peripheral edge and terminates in an annular feathered edge merging with the opposed bevel surface of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: The Machlett Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas J. Koller
  • Patent number: 4003830
    Abstract: A materials separator for segregating nonferromagnetic conductors from commingled nonferromagnetic materials, the separator including guide means for directing nonferromagnetic materials into a stream, and steady-state magnetic means comprising a plurality of north and south magnetic poles arranged in stripes of alternating polarity at a substantially uniform angle to the stream for establishing in the path of the stream a periodic series of oppositely directed, static magnetic fields which induce eddy-currents in the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Ernst F. R. A. Schloemann
  • Patent number: 4002559
    Abstract: A screw conveyor for moving water-laden materials from one location to another comprising a feeder screw extending longitudinally within an enclosing duct or housing and a dewatering cylinder closely encircling the screw and comprised of closely spaced elements of substantially triangular or teardrop cross-sectional shape to remove water from the material as it is moved progressively along the duct by the flights of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1977
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Malcolm M. Paterson, Michael J. Theodore
  • Patent number: 3995214
    Abstract: A magnetic metering system comprising a transversely magnetized cylinder carrying a radially extending pointer and mounted for axial rotation between a diametrically disposed pair of biasing magnets and a diametrically disposed pair of solenoid coils, and rotation compensating means disposed between the biasing magnets and the solenoid coils for providing the cylinder and pointer with an angular movement proportional to changes in a current flowing through the solenoid coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Norman J. Dionne
  • Patent number: 3986409
    Abstract: A push-to-engage device comprising a hollow knob having axially disposed therein an independent bushing provided with a fastener for bindingly engaging an inserted end portion of a rotatable shaft and with a plurality of recesses disposed for engagement with keys protruding inwardly from the knob, and an external resilient device coupled to the knob for positioning the keys in spaced relationship with the recesses in the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: William V. Tripp, Robert H. Broadbent
  • Patent number: 3986397
    Abstract: A fluid flow system including a pressurized fluid source operatively connected through a uni-adjustment flow dividing valve to a plurality of loads, the valve comprising a hollow housing having movably disposed therein a channelled member which provides means for simultaneously adjusting the flow of fluid from the source to each of the respective loads in a smooth transitional manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Henry W. Perreault
  • Patent number: 3977918
    Abstract: A method of making an integral toroidal magnet comprising the steps of compacting suitable magnetic powder material into a toroidal shape while subjecting it to a particle aligning magnetic field, hot pressing the compacted powder toroid in a confining die at a temperature and pressure sufficient to cause shrinkage of the toroid in the axial direction and provide a packing density greater than 93% of the theoretical maximum value and substantially unidimensional shrinkage, heat treating the toroid at a temperature sufficiently higher than the hot pressing temperature to achieve an enhanced crystallographic alignment equivalent to the alignment obtained by sintering, annealing the toroid at a temperature sufficiently lower than the heat treating temperature to provide a magnetic coercivity similar to the coercivity achieved by annealing after sintering, and magnetizing the heat treated toroid in the direction of crystallographic alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Albert E. Paladino, Paul F. Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 3970547
    Abstract: A rotary drum air classifier system which includes a side feed hopper by which mixed materials to be separated are fed to a screw feed which deposits the materials inside the drum for major separation into light and heavy materials, the screw feed being longitudinally adjustable and including air injection means for fluidizing the mixed materials as they are being transported to the drum and thus accomplishing a preliminary stage of air classification during the time the mixed materials are transiting the length of the feed screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Theodore, Malcolm M. Paterson, Vernon L. Schrimper
  • Patent number: 3968375
    Abstract: An X-ray cassette holder having adjustable track means for slidably receiving a film cassette and positioning it longitudinally, the holder also including automatic clamping means locked in the open position and actuated by insertion of the cassette to close on opposing sides thereof for centering the cassette transversely in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: The Machlett Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonard F. Peyser, Roger L. Hibbert