Patents Assigned to Premier Farnell Corp.
  • Valve ball configuration
    Patent number: 6173940
    Abstract: A valve ball physically configured to minimize rotational forces imparted to the ball by fluid pressure acting thereon in flow throttling positions of the ball. In part, the physical configurations that produce the desired effect include a hollowed out ball interior and recessed areas on the ball outer surface that allow fluid flow past the ball exterior when it is partly open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Premier Farnell Corp.
    Inventors: Michael J. Kardohely, Adam Pintz
  • Fire fighting monitor
    Patent number: 6109360
    Abstract: A fire fighting monitor having a rotatable extension member for adjusting the elevation of an outlet attached to the extension member while maintaining the discharge direction of the outlet relative to the horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Premier Farnell Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas Mandzukic, Mark S. Saner
  • Coanda effect nozzle
    Patent number: 6039269
    Abstract: A water nozzle for use in vapor mitigation produces a wide conical water pattern by way of an outlet that has a coanda effect surface across which the water flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Premier Farnell Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas Mandzukic
  • Foam generating nozzle
    Patent number: 5775596
    Abstract: Plural liquid streams supplied to a foam tube of a nozzle include an outer hollow cylindrical stream surrounding a plurality of spaced-apart inner streams for enhancing mixture of air and liquid in the foam tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Premier Farnell Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Bruce Whisman, Kevin James Petit