Patents Examined by Dave Walczak
  • Patent number: 5094276
    Abstract: A mixing valve nozzle for homogeneously mixing two fluid streams and dispensing a predetermined quantity of fluid into a container, the mixing valve having a housing with a centrally disposed valve stem, an inlet port, an outlet port and a second inlet port disposed therebetween, the valve stem having mixing means rotatably secured thereto comprising a plurality of mixing plugs axially mounted on the valve stem, each mixing plug containing a plurality of nonaligned conduit passageways to homogeneously mix the fluid entering the mixing valve nozzle from the first inlet and the fluid entering the mixing valve from the second inlet, during the dispensing phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignees: Fluid Packaging Co., Inc., Dow Chemical Co.
    Inventors: Ernest P. Caputo, George Allison, Roy Valeo
  • Patent number: 5062175
    Abstract: A wiper is shifted between high and low wiping pressures by thermally responsive shape memory wires that shift an overcenter spring lever between two stable positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Harry C. Buchanan, Keith R. Victor