Patents Examined by Michelle A. Mattera
  • Patent number: 6061923
    Abstract: A hair dryer holder for holding a hair dryer so that a user's hands are free to perform other acts. The hair dryer holder includes a base and a generally U-shaped holding bracket adapted for holding a hair dryer. An adjustably extendable extension member connects the base to the holding bracket. The extension member has an extended position and a retracted position. The holding bracket and the base is positioned closer together when the extension member is positioned in the retracted position than when the extension member is positioned in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: Agnes G. Case
  • Patent number: 6058622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the wetting or providing moisture throughout a container of a powdery dry material such as an emission control baghouse dust. A collection hopper container is provided which usually comprises a box like structure with a sealable cover or top. A supply of low-pressure steam is provided to a plurality of conduits that extent through the cover and extend downwardly into the collected powdery material. By the injection of low-pressure steam through the plurality of conduits and outwardly into the powdery material through openings in the conduits, moisture is provided throughout the powdery material to lessen the dusty nature of the material to enable further processing to be accomplished more readily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventor: Louis Sandor