Patents Represented by Attorney Ralph L. Freeland
  • Patent number: 4503800
    Abstract: A metallic bell-type alarm device for indicating the need for refueling or otherwise adjusting the heat generated within a wood stove or the like. The device is mounted on or adjacent to a stove at a location where it can respond to heat fluctuations in the stove. It comprises a metallic casing and base plate having mounted therein a bimetallic spring having a free-riding clapper washer mounted thereon and a trigger rod that cooperate to sound a bell alarm when significant temperature changes cause the spring to react to change position and strike the metal casing to sound a bell alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Inventor: Carter L. Schliep
  • Patent number: 3965916
    Abstract: An apparatus for stopping the flow of gas under pressure from a relief valve comprises an elongated tube which fits around a flue secured to a tank. The apparatus has means for maintaining the tube in this position. An elongated rod is extended through the tube and secured into a load-transferring position so that it rests on the pressure valve assembly, thus preventing the assembly from opening.The method for sealing off a leaky safety valve has a first step of placing a tube over a flue for a safety valve. This tube has a bar adjustably secured within and generally coaxial with it. The bar is lowered until it sits on the valve head so as to restrain the valve from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Gus Karas