Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm William H. Maxwell
  • Patent number: 4587681
    Abstract: A composite bedding unit comprised of adjoining single bed units adapted to be juxtaposed in the form of double bedding and separable along a median line dividing the sleeping areas of two retiring individuals having distinct sleeping requirements when lying together, the two bed units being carried by a common support and mechanized to be separated from said median line adjacency in the form of single bedding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Inventors: Mansour N. Mansouri, Masoud N. Mansouri, Kambiz Imani
  • Patent number: 4584872
    Abstract: A leak testing tank for mounted vehicle wheel and tire assemblies, wherein a manually operable lever and depressor for submersion of the wheel and tire in a quieted condition inherently centers and levels the wheel and tire through its direct releasible engagement therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Inventor: Carlton W. Stephens
  • Patent number: 4583034
    Abstract: A computer programmed battery control system responsive to current flow during charge and discharge conditions and comprised of a microcomputer and memory programmed to respond to current passing through a battery shunt; to determine charge condition, to govern shut-off point of charge, to indicate a bad battery or cell thereof, to warn of extreme discharge, to show and cope with power interrupts, to govern long term storage of batteries without overcharge, and to indicate ampere hours consumed between charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Inventor: Robert L. Martin
  • Patent number: 4582354
    Abstract: A bus construction and loading station for selective seated and reclined posture of passenger transport in a multiplicity of isolated compartments one above the other between bays formed by reinforcement bulkheads, with individually controlled air conditioning into each compartment, and each compartment being divisible to separate passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Inventor: Wibara Halim
  • Patent number: 4576508
    Abstract: A bollard type trafficway barrier for arresting vehicles, comprised of a cast in place foundation and a mounting frame replaceable therein to carry a lift means for the bollard that is directionally oriented with respect to traffic so as to withstand great impacts, and with access for replacement of the bollard, extension and retraction being instantaneous by impact resistant fluid power and controls, the installation being flush with the grade when retracted and the bollard being remotely controlled for above grade extension and retraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Inventor: Harry D. Dickinson
  • Patent number: 4568998
    Abstract: An electronic lock system for power positioning of a deadbolt, responsive to passive code combinations of tone frequencies imposed upon a radio frequency carrier wave, the code combinations being encoded and decoded with direct activation of switching to control operation of a motor drive for closed and opened positioning of said deadbolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Inventor: Brickton D. Kristy
  • Patent number: 4566657
    Abstract: A flying wing aircraft control for angle of attack and direction thereof, comprising retractile controlling surfaces rearward of the center of lift and along the trailing edges and extensible over the top and bottom cambers of the wing in spaced relation to the trailing portions thereof and with variable angular dispositions with respect to air flow over the cambers so as to establish the desired moment arm with respect to the lift center of the flying wing to control the same into and out of a nose-up attitude with respect to the line of flight and with respect to direction, as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Inventor: Harlow B. Grow
  • Patent number: 4563340
    Abstract: This invention is related to a process for the secondary obtention of sodium carbonate from a waste liquor (known as FLP waste liquor) containing principally sodium chloride, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium chloride and carbon dioxide, which is obtained in the filtering section within the solvay process for the primary obtention of sodium carbonate, by adding a compound or a mixture of compounds sodium ions to the FLP waste liquor in the presence of carbon dioxide, in order to precipitate sodium bicarbonate therefrom, and treating the precipitation and sodium bicarbonate to obtain the secondary production of sodium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Industria del Alcali, S.A.
    Inventor: Jose Polendo-Loredo
  • Patent number: 4554681
    Abstract: A quickly replaceable padding for athletic gear and the like, comprised of a depressible core coextensively bonded within an envelope of impervious sanitary material and to which at least one strap is anchored by sewing to a doubler coextensively bonded between the core and envelope, the padding being attached by primary securement to an overlying structural member by turning of the strap over a bitt formed on the structural member and thereby establishing a bite that holds the pad in position, and in each instance held secure by secondary securement of the strap by hook-and-loop fastener elements pulling in the plane of interface engagement between overlapped secondary fastener elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Conlin Bros., Inc.
    Inventor: Alvin E. Kirkland
  • Patent number: 4549738
    Abstract: A chip and card dispenser for game tables, comprised of a manually rotatable platform wherein a swiveled arm turns on complementary hubs for support and adjusted clearance and predictable frictional engagement through a bearing at a determined radius and restricted contact area, and with a removable extension for manual engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Inventor: Morris Greitzer
  • Patent number: 4548157
    Abstract: A time reminder device in a sanitary combination with a container for dispensing content in the form of pills or liquids, with or without a nipple projecting therethrough, and adjustable to a time index associated with a ring member snapped onto a cap or coupling and rotatably positioned by a detent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignee: Timothy L. Chrisman
    Inventor: Varoujan H. Hevoyan
  • Patent number: 4545346
    Abstract: An internal combustion heat engine and cycle therefor comprising a two stroke cylinder and piston unit having a combustion chamber at the top of the cylinder, having a compression chamber at the bottom of the cylinder, and having a transfer chamber charged with compressed combustion support air transferred into the combustion chamber during initial movement of the piston in a first power stroke, followed by spark ignition and combustion to effect said power stroke with simultaneous compression in said compression chamber and with admission of compressed combustion support air into said transfer chamber during terminal movement of said power stroke, the compressed combustion support air being stored in the transfer chamber during a second exhaust stroke with simultaneous induction of air into the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Inventor: Harlow B. Grow
  • Patent number: 4541152
    Abstract: A quick hook-up and release toggle and a quickly separable anchor for adjustably interconnecting the anchored live and dead ends of a belt especially suited for constraining the abdominal portion of a weight lifter's torso, and the like, the belt being of substantial width and thickness. The releasable toggle is operable to instantly draw up or allow interconnected separation of the live and dead belt ends, having two operational conditions: a tightened closed condition wherein a link occupies an over-center position drawing the anchors into a predetermined position: and a released interconnected and opened condition wherein the link swings free for complete separation of the live and dead end anchors by manipulation of anchor pins from belt holes, and at least one anchor pin from hooked engagement with the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Inventors: Thomas J. DiMarco, Joel E. Di Marco
  • Patent number: 4538567
    Abstract: An internal combustion heat engine and cycle therefor comprising a two stroke cylinder and piston unit having a combustion chamber at the top of the cylinder, having a compression chamber at the bottom of the cylinder, and having a transfer chamber charged with compressed combustion support air transferred into the combustion chamber during initial movement of the piston in a first power stroke, followed by spark ignition and combustion to effect said power stroke with simultaneous compression in said compression chamber and with admission of compressed combustion support air into said transfer chamber during terminal movement of said power stroke, the compressed combustion support air being stored in the transfer chamber during a second exhaust stroke with simultaneous induction of air into the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Inventor: Harlow B. Grow
  • Patent number: 4538035
    Abstract: A selectively positionable secondary gate controlling the mode of operation of a joystick for restricted movement about X and Y axes to actuate opposed switches disposed in pairs on the X and Y axes and operable in an eight-way mode to actuate adjacent corner switches as well as single axially aligned switches, and operable in a four-way mode to alternately actuate only axially aligned switches, and all of which is embodied in a spring biased assembly characterized by a primary gate permitting normal operation and said positionable secondary gate restricting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Inventor: Danny J. Pool
  • Patent number: 4534630
    Abstract: A transport and register movement for motion picture cameras and projectors and having spaced transport arms with cam operated claw pins and a crank shaft and transmission between the arms to oscillate the same and with a laterally offset drive shaft and cam operated register pins and a crank pin oscillating a counterbalance in opposition to motion of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Imax Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Geoffry H. Williamson
  • Patent number: 4534426
    Abstract: A packer and pressure differential drilling tool and method of controlled pressure balanced drilling in Big Hole well bores and shafts, characterized by a large diameter packer slideably engaged with the well bore over a drill bit and through which a dual drill pipe operates and isolates drilling fluid from a hydrostatic head of fluid standing in the well bore surrounding the dual drill pipe, the packer functioning as a non-rotatable ram slideable down the well bore and supporting said hydrostatic head and applying the weight thereof to the drill bit through anti-friction bearings, cuttings being flushed through the dual drill pipe by means of aerated drilling fluid or by an upwardly disposed jet pump, or both, so as to establish a reduced and/or underbalanced condition at the bit-to-bore bottom interface and operating the drill bit at an increased rate of penetration while maintaining a higher pressure condition in the well bore above the packer, the packer being weight set or hydraulic set, and the jet pump
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Unique Oil Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Hooper
  • Hat
    Patent number: D280946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Inventors: Charles G. Rutyna, Thomas P. O'Shea
  • Hat
    Patent number: D280947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Inventors: Charles G. Rutyna, Thomas P. O'Shea
  • Patent number: D286167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Inventor: Morris Greitzer