Patents Assigned to Armor
  • Patent number: 4752490
    Abstract: The process for cooking meat products in containers comprises five phases:(a) putting a heat transporting liquid in contact with the products in their containers,(b) remove the heat transporting liquid and let the products in their containers cool to a predetermined value,(c) putting a heat transporting liquid in contact with the products,(d) leaving the heat transporting liquid in contact with the products, the difference between the ambient temperature and the core temperature of the products being constant, and(e) maintaining the ambient temperature constant until the desired core temperature is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Armor-Inox SA
    Inventor: Claude Dreano
  • Patent number: 4712232
    Abstract: A multiple telephone jack slide assembly includes a jack support member for supporting a multitude of telephone jacks upon an electronic wire connecting system. The jack support member has a longitudinal channel formed by a slotted opening for slidingly receiving telephone jacks, the side walls of the telephone jacks engaging edge portions of the slotted opening. One or more retaining members are secured to the jack support member to inhibit further sliding movement of the telephone jacks after the same are inserted in the channel through an opening communicating therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Armor Metals, Inc.
    Inventor: E. Walter Rodgers
  • Patent number: 4660223
    Abstract: Multiple panels are assembled to provide front and back body armor inserts to be worn under regular clothing. Each panel consists of a ply of titanium metal bonded to a ply of aramid fiber woven cloth. The panels are arranged in overlapping and in abutting relationship but are not joined to one another except by way of overlying and underlying felted material plies. This provides an insert that is capable of some degree of flexing and adjustment on the body of the wearer. Back up strip panels protect the wearer along the abutting zones of the main panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Point Blank Body Armor, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald P. Fritch
  • Patent number: 4658418
    Abstract: A multiple telephone jack slide assembly includes a jack support member for supporting a multitude of telephone jacks upon a telephone interchange wiring panel. The jack support member has a longitudinal channel formed by a slotted opening for slidingly receiving grooved telephone jacks, the grooves engaging edge portions of the slotted opening. The jack support member is fastened either directly to the wiring panel by fasteners or is secured within a conventional terminal board mounting bracket. One or more retaining members are secured to the jack support to inhibit further sliding movement of the telephone jacks after the same are inserted in the channel through an open end thereof. The support member may also support a conventional punch down terminal board adjacent the plurality of telephone jacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Armor Metals, Inc.
    Inventor: E. Walter Rodgers
  • Patent number: 4570755
    Abstract: An electronic landing device for controlling the movement of an elevator car during the final several inches of travel approaching a floor. The device provides a smooth transition from run (deceleration) mode to landing mode within a wide range of speeds at the transfer point. A digital computation is performed on a speed signal generated at the transfer point, to provide optimum time-to-landing and decelaration profile during the landing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Armor Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Tsai, Svend J. Bentsen
  • Patent number: 4426935
    Abstract: A case for securing valuables which includes a plurality of interconnected panels defining an interior space for location of the valuables. A door provides access to the space and a lock normally maintains the door in the closed position to prevent such access. Some of the panels employed for forming the space include inside facing surfaces and connectors such as threaded studs are positioned on these surfaces. Cooperating connectors such as openings for receiving the studs are defined by other panels so that upon assembly of the respective panels, access to the connectors is available only from within the interior of the case. The individual panels are readily transportable for convenient location and assembly; however, the case, once assembled, cannot be so readily moved from its location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Detroit-Armor Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Nikoden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4229458
    Abstract: A meat pickling method whereby meat pieces are placed in a container with brine, the container is pressurized with nitrogen gas and rotated. Subsequently, a vacuum is applied to the interior of the container and then the container is swept with nitrogen gas. Atmospheric pressure is then established in the container, the rotation stopped and the meat removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Armor-Inox S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Dreano, Andre Noyelle
  • Patent number: 4218155
    Abstract: A stick for applying liquids has a liquid reservoir formed directly by the housing of the stick. At one end of the stick, the housing forming the wall of the reservoir is easily broken, so that the liquid can flow out. This end of the stick is covered by a piece of absorbent material which soaks up the liquid leaving the reservoir. In use, the soaked absorbent material is rubbed against a surface to which liquid is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Etablissements Armor, S.A.
    Inventor: Richard K. Weidner
  • Patent number: 4002973
    Abstract: A testing system is removably connected to a control of an elevator system and selectively operated to perform a plurality of testing sequences. The testing system is removably connected with a closed loop elevator control and selectively and independently provides a number of artificial control signals characteristic of an operating condition for controlling the operation of the elevator system under test. The testing system may be used in a testing sequence with elevator systems employing gated rectifying circuits to accurately monitor gate pulses and other operating functions therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1977
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company
    Inventors: Theodore O. Wiesendanger, John V. Seals
  • Patent number: 3977497
    Abstract: A hydraulic elevator drive system utilizes an elevator car speed signal and a commanded velocity signal to provide an electrical error signal and controls the operation of a fluid control regulating the fluid flow between a hydraulic actuator which moves the car, a hydraulic pump and a fluid reservoir. The fluid control includes a combined check and lowering valve and a by-pass valve selectively operated by a common control element including a dynamically operated control piston responding to the error signal. Another check valve couples the fluid pump to the fluid control whle a pair of manually preset control valve regulate the supply of fluid to the control piston for providing pre-established acceleration limitations to the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company, Inc.
    Inventor: David Claude McMurray
  • Patent number: 3967700
    Abstract: A floor position sensor monitors the movement of an elevator car and provides a first predetermined number of inputs each corresponding to a predetermined floor and connected to a first signal converting circuit providing a second predetermined number of coded outputs less than the first predetermined number in response to an input position signal appearing at one of the first inputs corresponding to the floor where the elevator car is located. Each position indicator is remotely located from the sensor and includes opto-isolating circuits connected to receive the second outputs and provides a third predetermined number of outputs photo-electrically isolated from and in response to the second outputs and connected to a second signal converting circuit providing a fourth predetermined number of coded outputs responsive to the third outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Tur, Donald J. Kopydlowski
  • Patent number: 3961688
    Abstract: A transportation system such as an elevator utilizes a static power converter to directly energize a D.C. drive motor and another static power converter to directly energize a friction type braking element and automatically selects a mode of operation best suited for safe operation from a plurality of modes including a normal operation, a reduced speed operation, an emergency landing operation and an emergency operation in response to certain sensed malfunctions within the system including a decrease in the source voltage to a predetermined magnitude, an increase in the armature current of the D.C. motor to a predetermined magnitude, a decrease in the field current of the D.C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company
    Inventor: John T. Maynard
  • Patent number: 3955122
    Abstract: One layer of three heat sinks for conducting alternating current and a second layer of two heat sinks for conducting direct current sandwich twelve controlled rectifiers which are electrically arranged to provide a pair of gated rectifier bridge networks for changing from a current of one frequency to a current of another frequency. Six rod-like bolts are removably secured within threaded openings of certain heat sinks and pass through openings within other heat sinks and assist together with locking nuts in compressing the sandwiched assembly. Three of the bolts are electrically insulated from the direct current heat sinks for supplying alternating current to the rectifying devices through the alternating current heat sinks while two of the bolts are electrically insulated from the alternating current heat sinks for conducting direct current to the rectifying devices through the direct current heat sinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Maynard, Gilbert A. Schwibinger
  • Patent number: 3952837
    Abstract: An elevator system selectively moves and stops an elevator car at a plurality of landings in response to the operation of a signaling system wherein a controlled rectifier operates with a control circuit to command the stopping of an elevator car at a floor in response to the manual movement of a call button. An electromagnet has a coil connected to the gating circuit of the remotely located controlled rectifier and includes a core element having a first end connected to a first pole of a permanent magnet and a second end providing a pivotal support to an armature removably connected to a second pole of the permanent magnet. The manual call button is connected to a flexible, resilient member which is connected to the armature at a position located between the electromagnet and the permanent magnet and provides a snap action response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company
    Inventor: Lyman A. Rice
  • Patent number: 3948357
    Abstract: A solid state static converter receives a three-phase A.C. input and directly supplies direct current to a D.C. motor operating a traction sheave to control the movement of an elevator car in response to an error signal derived by the selective summation of a speed signal from a tachometer and a pair of vehicle speed command signals. One command signal is a function of the commanded velocity versus time and operatively controls the system during acceleration, constant velocity and a portion of deceleration. The other command signal is a function of the commanded velocity versus time as modified by the sensed position of the car and solely operatively controls the system during a portion of deceleration to stop the vehicle at a selected landing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Maynard, Christopher Young
  • Patent number: 3941214
    Abstract: A solid state static converter is connected to receive a three-phase A.C. input and directly supply a direct current output to a D.C. motor which operates a traction sheave to control the movement of an elevator car. The magnitude and direction of the direct current output from the static converter is controlled by an error signal derived by the summation of a speed signal obtained from a tachometer coupled to the motor drive shaft and a vehicle speed command signal provided by a pattern generator and having maximum velocity, acceleration and rate of change of acceleration limitations for safe and smooth control of the elevator car and for accurate stopping at landings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Young, John T. Maynard
  • Patent number: 3938624
    Abstract: A first solid-state static converter receives a threephase A.C. input and directly supplies direct current to a D.C. motor armature circuit to operate a traction sheave and control the movement of an elevator car in response to an error signal derived by the summation of a speed signal from a tachometer and a vehicle speed command signal while a second solid-state static converter receives a three-phase A.C. input and directly supplies direct current to a field circuit of the D.C. motor in response to the operation of a field gating control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Armor Elevator Company, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Maynard
  • Patent number: D300208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Armor All Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Vazquez, John D. Ferguson