Patents Examined by Leon Fuller
  • Patent number: 4901195
    Abstract: The invention comprises a self-proving vehicle grounding system for placing the ground of a transportation vehicle at the same voltage as the ground of a loading rack and is intended for use in conjunction with an overfill protection system. The overfill protection system comprises a sensor unit on the vehicle and a base unit on the rack for disabling the loading equipment when the sensor detects overfill. The invention comprises three parts, a controller unit coupled to the filling station ground, a grounding bolt unit which is coupled to the transportation vehicle and a multi-conductor cable. The controller unit comprises a signal generator which produces a first electrical signal and a signal detector which, when it receives a specified second electrical signal at its input, enables the pumping equipment of the filling station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Scully Signal Company
    Inventor: Francis V. Stemporzewski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4891482
    Abstract: There is provided an improved disposable receptacle with a self-supporting configuration for combined baking and cooking of a generally flat food article, such as pizza having a given thickness, in a microwave oven, which receptacle is constructed from a sheet of microwave susceptor stock surrounding the food article and comprising an outwardly exposed, dielectric support layer, such as paperboard, and an inwardly facing heating layer of microwave interactive material allowing passage of microwave energy as it is heated thereby and further including a lower flat portion for supporting the food article during microwave heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: The Stouffer Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Jaeger, Yigal Peleg, David R. Popp