Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Joseph F. Long
  • Equipment and process for surface treatment of hazardous solids and slurries with molten alloy
    Patent number: 5553558
    Abstract: A process and equipment for treating a solid or semi-solid waste by moving the waste across a surface of a reactive metal alloy in an oxygen deficient atmosphere and separating for recycling the resultant dissolved metals while feeding the resultant off gas containing hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon to a scrubber unit; venting gases to the air and recycling scrubber water through a filter to recover carbon for recycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Inventor: Anthony S. Wagner
  • Sprayer retrofit unit for specific area herbicide application
    Patent number: 5544443
    Abstract: A unit for removably retrofitting a normal air actuated sprayer to be used for wiping an herbicide on a small selected area is disclosed. The unit comprises a porous cloth pouch with an absorbent material such as a piece of a synthetic sponge inside that may be slipped over the spray nozzle and fastened in a water tight manner to the spray pipe. Means to direct drippage or a direct stream of herbicide downward are provided to allow safe use close to and under desirable vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Inventor: Travis W. Steglich
  • Multi-functional variable position rifle and camera mount
    Patent number: 5491919
    Abstract: A combination of a camera mount and a gun mount allowing horizontal, vertical and positional adjustment with manually activated locking knobs allowing comfortable multidirectional shooting with a gun that may be rigidly clamped in any one of a multiplicity of rapidly adjustable positions and with the camera adjustably mounted allowing a hunter to take a picture instead using the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Inventors: Lewis L. Rather, Brenda L. Rather, Larry W. Mobley
  • Equipment and process for molten alloy pyrolysis of hazardous liquid waste
    Patent number: 5461991
    Abstract: Process and Equipment for degradation of hazardous liquid waste into innocuous elements or salts by diffusing a feed stream below the surface of a circulating molten alloy bath is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Inventor: Anthony S. Wagner
  • Auxiliary door lock for an outwardly opening door
    Patent number: 5462321
    Abstract: Small portable mechanical units manually installable to provide an auxiliary lock for outward opening doors such as are normally used on motor homes etc are disclosed. Embodiments are included that are useable on doors with various types of latching mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Inventor: Lloyd J. Osborn
  • Equipment and process for ultra hazardous liquid and gas molecular decomposition
    Patent number: 5452671
    Abstract: Equipment and process for dissolving a metal container filled with ultra hazardous liquids and gases underneath a molten alloy surface at a temperature of about 800.degree. C. in order to completely molecularly decompose and react resultant product of the hazardous liquids and gases to allow environmentally safe discharge of the final non-hazardous products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventor: Anthony S. Wagner
  • Equipment and process for molten alloy treatment of hazardous liquids and slurries
    Patent number: 5431113
    Abstract: Equipment and process for using molten alloy in a low oxygen atmosphere for destruction of hazardous compounds and partial or complete extraction of heavy metals in slurries and solids with continuous discharge of undissolved solids and aqueous scrubbing of off-gas from the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventor: Anthony S. Wagner
  • Thermoelectric generator and magnetic energy storage unit
    Patent number: 5393350
    Abstract: A low voltage high amperage thermopile generating and electron storage unit is disclosed wherein current is formed by heating and cooling alternate junctions of dissimilar metals arranged in a circular fashion and may be enhanced with an electrical flux pump. Current may be withdrawn using an ultra fast thermopile type switch to connect to an electrical load source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventor: Jon M. Schroeder
  • Equipment and process for waste pyrolysis and off gas oxidative treatment
    Patent number: 5359947
    Abstract: A process and equipment for pyrolyzing packaged waste in a reactive metal alloy in an oxygen deficient atmosphere and separating for recycling the resultant glass, and metal while feeding the resultant off gas containing hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon to an oxidation unit before either venting to the air directly or venting through an aqueous scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Inventor: Anthony S. Wagner
  • Intermediate voltage cable marker with enhanced conspicuity
    Patent number: 5361018
    Abstract: An intermediate voltage or cable marker with a gas filled lamp with reflectively enhanced conspicuity comprising an inner conductive coating in an opaque shell; the shell being mountable on an the intermediate voltage line and having one end of the gas filled lamp electrically connected to the intermediate voltage line or grounded cable and the other end electrically connected to a electrical coil in series with the conductive inner shell coating; the gas filled tube being mounted in a reflective chamber shaped to increase both lateral and vertical conspicuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Inventor: Richard M. Milton
  • Multi-functional variable position rifle and camera mount
    Patent number: 5347740
    Abstract: A combination of a camera mount and a gun mount allowing horizontal, vertical and positional adjustment with manually activated locking knobs allowing comfortable multidirectional shooting with a gun that may be rigidly clamped in any one of a multiplicity of rapidly adjustable positions and with the camera adjustably mounted allowing a hunter to take a picture instead using the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Inventors: Lewis L. Rather, Brenda L. Rather, Larry W. Mobley
  • Spray control system for multiple segment boom sprayers
    Patent number: 5337959
    Abstract: A control system for individual control of flow to each segment of a multiple segment boom sprayer wherein each segment may be turned on or off while the vehicle is in motion with instantaneous flow recycle to maintain essentially proper spray pattern from each spray nozzle and with rapid automatic adjustment to exact flow thus allowing an operator to control spray from the multiple segments to secure proper coverage with a minimum of over-spray in irregularly shaped fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventor: Ron Boyd
  • Dual purpose adjustable tree stand unit
    Patent number: 5337990
    Abstract: A rugged adjustable tree stand designed to hold trees of varying sized in an adjustable upright position and to provide water to prevent drying and shedding of needles from the tree is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventor: Curtis W. Brown
  • Polyamide-epoxy-silicone modified coating compositions
    Patent number: 5317046
    Abstract: Polyamide--Epoxy--Silicone modified compositions in a water base that are air curable to give tough flexible coatings that may be pigment loaded and maintain the chemical resistance and bonding capabilities of the usual epoxy coatings with hardness and gloss equal to or greater than baked epoxy coatings is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Inventor: Philip A. Fonkalsrud
  • Equipment and process for solid waste minimization in chromium and heavy metal removal from groundwater
    Patent number: 5292435
    Abstract: A process and equipment is disclosed for minimizing sludge formation in removal of chromium and heavy metals from chromium contaminated groundwater by using sodium sulfite for oxygen removal thereby minimizing the amount of ferrous salt necessary for reduction of chromium VI to chromium III in an alkaline solution and also minimizing the amount of excess iron salt to coprecipitate as an hydroxide to effect essentially complete removal of other heavy metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Inventor: Klaus Schwitzgebel
  • Tool set for coloring hair
    Patent number: 5289835
    Abstract: A tool set comprising modified combs to selectively lift portions of hair; calibrated manually operated color mixing tubes to measure each component of the hair coloring composition and mix and dispense; and a hair coloring brush, with a brush head attached to a calibrated battery activated dispensing handle with a switch located close to the brush head depressable to eject hair coloring mixture through the brush head to the base of bristles in the brush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventors: Thomas A. Harlan, Marg L. Bridges, Joseph F. Long
  • Composition and process for organic and metal contaminant fixation in soil
    Patent number: 5285000
    Abstract: A method and compositions using a first ferrous iron containing solution with the iron concentration in excess of theoretical requirements to treat a contaminated site to reduce hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium and coprecipitate trivalent chromium with other heavy metals and using a second solution of silicate containing a destabilizing salt to form a relatively impermeable gel in the contaminated site thereby fixing metals and organics to the extent that there should be no detectable ground water contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Inventor: Klaus Schwitzgebel
  • Equipment and process for medical waste disintegration and reclamation
    Patent number: 5271341
    Abstract: A process and equipment for pyrolyzing packaged biomedical waste in a reactive metal alloy in an oxygen deficient atmosphere and separating for recycling the resultant carbon, glass, and metal while venting resultant hydrogen and nitrogen from an aqueous off gas scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Inventor: Anthony S. Wagner
  • Segmented heavy duty boat with multi-use segments
    Patent number: 5261346
    Abstract: The invention covers a boat comprising a minimum of two segments with interlocking dovetail joints and equipped with a pair of heavy duty clamps to fit over adjacent ends of each segment and clamp the segments together near the top and close to the bottom of each segment in order to hold the segments rigidly together of a point of maximum stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Inventor: John R. Updyke
  • Multifunctional power driven positioning tool system
    Patent number: 5262706
    Abstract: A multifunctional power driven positioning tool system wherein a battery powered screw driven removable central unit may be fitted into equipment to function as a tool for prying apart objects, for lifting or lowering within adjustable calibrated distances, for powering a material handling unit and for use in a press frame for pressing and pulling bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Inventor: Lyndol W. Hollingsworth