Patents Assigned to Kiddie-Fenwal, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6158522
    Abstract: A nozzle includes a housing defining a fluid passage. A member is positioned to block the fluid passage when the nozzle is not spraying fluid. A retainer attached to the housing retains the member in the disposed position. The surface of the housing has one or more marks. The number of marks indicates the spray profile produced by the nozzle. The member is disposed within the fluid passage and bursts under the flow of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Kiddie-Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J Laderoute
  • Patent number: 5801913
    Abstract: Isolation circuitry for automatically disconnecting a load from a source upon detecting a short and for automatically reconnecting the load to the source after the short circuit clears. The isolation circuitry includes a first node connected to a second node via a first transmission path, and a third node connected to a fourth node via a second transmission path maintained at a different voltage than the first transmission path. There is a switch between the nodes on the first transmission path, and a sensing circuit that is connected between the first and second transmission paths. The sensing circuit includes a current generator that induces a fault indicating current into a load between the first and second transmission paths and monitors the fault indicating current for an increase over a threshold defined by an operating voltage setting circuit when the load impedance falls below a lower limit indicating a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Kiddie-Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventor: Arkady Pittel