Patents Represented by Law Firm Samuelson & Jacob
  • Unit load wrapping with uniform wrap tension along the periphery of the wrapped load
    Patent number: 4573305
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for wrapping a resiliently stretchable film wrap around a group of articles stacked on a pallet, with the film wrap tensioned to a desired tension, by feeding the film wrap along a feed path from supply rolls to a wrapping station, with tension rollers placed serially along the feed path such that the film wrap is coupled for movement with the surface of each tension roller, the tension rollers being driven so that the surface speeds of the serially located roller surfaces differ from one another in order to stretch and tension the film wrap to a given tension, and the stretched and tensioned film wrap being applied to the stacked articles with essentially uniform tension in the film wrap around the periphery of the unit load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin M. Wildmoser
  • Electrical connector having at least one fuse cartridge
    Patent number: 4568137
    Abstract: An electrical connector has an arrangement for holding and connecting at least one fuse cartridge within the body of the connector, the arrangement including a fuse cartridge holder slideably received within a recess in the connector body, in a rectilinear manner, and secured in place in the connector body by a selectively disengageable latch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Feller AG
    Inventor: Karl Leuthold
  • Lamp socket bracket system
    Patent number: 4561713
    Abstract: A system for selectively securing a bracket of any one of a variety of configurations to a lamp socket to obtain a desired lamp socket and bracket assembly includes a securing clip affixed to the lamp socket and a securing member on the bracket for being received within the securing clip and locked in place only when the bracket is in a predetermined orientation relative to the lamp socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Wythe Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Laupot
  • Self-wringing mop
    Patent number: 4561141
    Abstract: A self-wringing mop has a handle with a housing attached, a wringer in the housing including a basket with a perforated wall mounted for rotation in the housing by an electric motor, a wiper, and a manually operated actuator for selectively moving the wiper to an advanced position outside the housing for wiping operations and a retracted position inside the housing and the basket for wringing of the wiper by rotation of the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Inventor: George S. Trisolini
  • Baby bottle with handles
    Patent number: 4557392
    Abstract: A baby bottle having a longitudinally-extending side wall and diametrically opposite handles projecting laterally from the side wall of the bottle, the handles each including a hand-grip portion spaced from the side wall and a web portion spanning the space between the handgrip portion and the side wall to preclude catching of a baby's fingers between the handgrip portion and the side wall, the handles each making a small acute angle to the longitudinal direction of the side wall to aid in holding the bottle in the proper position for feeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Ryan, Gregory F. Ryan
  • Drum containers
    Patent number: 4555023
    Abstract: Containers for containing a drum having a sensitive cylindrical outer surface, each container utilizing a relatively thin-walled construction including a body with side walls establishing a polygonal cross-sectional configuration within which the drum is suspended by supports engaging the drum adjacent the ends thereof such that contact with the sensitive outer surface of the drum is avoided, the interior of each container being sealed by an air-resistant seal to isolate the interior of the container from the surrounding environment while establishing an air cushion for reinforcing the thin-walled body against external forces so as to preclude damaging contact between the side walls and the sensitive outer surface of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Marpac Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Sykes, Gary E. Gendron
  • Multi-element thermoelectric non-destructive testing device and method
    Patent number: 4542345
    Abstract: A non-destructive testing device and method in which information is obtained from a plurality of thermoelectric junctions made between an unknown material and a plurality of test elements of different known characteristics to provide data for identifying the unknown material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Technicorp
    Inventor: Walter Tomasulo
  • Bonded phase material for chromatographic separations
    Patent number: 4539399
    Abstract: A highly selective bonded phase material useful to separate a wide variety of organic and inorganic substances by thin layer chromatography (TLC), liquid chromatography (LC) or high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is produced by bonding a cyclodextrin to a silica gel by means of a specific silane linkage. The preparation of such materials and their uses are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Advanced Separation Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel W. Armstrong
  • Stabilizing retainer system
    Patent number: 4533320
    Abstract: A system for maintaining the position of a series of teeth in the mouth includes a thin, conformable wire spanning the series of teeth and secured to the surfaces of the teeth by a plurality of individual bonding pads placed over the conformable wire and bonded one each to each tooth to secure the conformable wire in place and to stabilize the position of the series of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Inventor: Jack Piekarsky
  • Apparatus and method for polymer melt stream analysis
    Patent number: 4529306
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the analysis of a stream of molten polymer for the presence of unwanted voids, gels and particles of solids by observation of the stream, utilizing an observation probe and an illuminating probe placed at an illuminating angle to the observation probe so as to establish an image observable at an observation point remote from the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Flow Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Kilham, David W. Riley
  • Children's safety shield for appliances
    Patent number: 4527540
    Abstract: A safety shield for isolating a heated appliance, such as a stove or an oven, from the reach of children includes a flexible sheet of material having securing portions along opposite vertical edges for securing the sheet adjacent the sides of the front face of the appliance and an arched shielding portion extending horizontally between the securing portions and spanning the front face of the appliance, the arched shielding portion being bowed outwardly away from the front face of the appliance to shield the appliance from the reach of children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Ryan, Gregory F. Ryan
  • Solar roof assemblage and internally removable solar transparent roof cover
    Patent number: 4526161
    Abstract: An integrated roof structure for a building is capable of collecting solar energy for use in the building and includes a plurality of parallel rafters, an outer roof cover secured to the tops of the rafters and having solar energy transparent portions between the rafters, and an inner roof cover secured to the bottoms of the rafters and having structurally reinforcing portions spanning the rafters and solar energy absorptive surfaces between the rafters and confronting the solar energy transparent portions to establish solar energy collecting bays bounded by adjacent rafters and the upper and lower roof covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventor: Francis A. Kaicher
  • Compact exercise device
    Patent number: 4515364
    Abstract: An exercise device has an elastomeric frame of limited dimensions with openings enabling manipulation of the frame in a plurality of modes for various exercise routines, and weights selectively secured within some of the openings to establish a compact dumb-bell assembly for use in some of the exercise routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Inventor: Thomas B. Rotella
  • Cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: 4506403
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a mop with a rotatable wiper, a pail having a reservoir for cleaning liquid, and a motor-driven wringer mounted upon the pail for receiving and rotating the wiper of the mop at relatively high speed to extract cleaning liquid together with entrained dirt and other matter from the wiper and return the extracted liquid to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Inventor: George S. Trisolini
  • Apparatus and method for decorating articles of non-circular cross-section
    Patent number: 4502380
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for decorating the surface of an article having a non-circular cross-sectional configuration in which the article is positioned relative to an applicator to maintain the proper relative position and appropriate relative velocity for the application of a decorating medium throughout a decorating cycle in accordance with information pertaining to the cross-sectional configuration of the article and obtained from the surface contour of the article itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Permanent Label Corporation
    Inventor: Neil A. Meador
  • Compensated rheometer
    Patent number: 4501155
    Abstract: A rotational rheometer utilizes a rotor coupled to a test specimen and suspended in a stator by a low friction bearing suspension system, a compensation arrangement which compensates for bearing torque on the rotor throughout the full range of rotation of the rotor, and position transducers arranged for determining accurately both the angular position of the rotor throughout a full range of 360.degree. of rotation, and the longitudinal position of the rotor, relative to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Rheometrics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald F. Garritano
  • Chair
    Patent number: D277621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: I.P.F. International, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony F. Albanese
  • Combined dispenser and applicator
    Patent number: D277990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Inventor: Albert E. Markarian
  • Chair
    Patent number: D278192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: I.P.F. International, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony F. Albanese, Samuel Chalfin, Lawrence M. Chalfin
  • Rebound ball game net
    Patent number: D279911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Inventor: Richard B. Thompson