Patents by Inventor Allan E. MacNicol

Allan E. MacNicol has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5672010
    Abstract: A slide bearing support having one member movable in a given direction relative to another member and including a pair of parallel slide bearing assemblies disposed between the members. Each of the assemblies includes a raceway defining guide surfaces along a travel path in the given direction; and a plurality of slide bearing members retained by the raceway and supporting the one member on the another member, the bearing members being shaped and arranged for sliding movement on the guide surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventors: Allan E. MacNicol, Henry L. Gibbs
  • Patent number: 4923311
    Abstract: A slide bearing support having one member slidable on another member and including a pair of parallel slide bearing assemblies disposed between the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Inventors: Henry L. Gibbs, Allan E. MacNicol
  • Patent number: 4646965
    Abstract: A thermostatic trap for a heating system having a feed pipe connected to a source of steam and a discharge pipe for discharge of condensate. Included in the trap is a housing defining a volume and comprising a bowl shaped body, a removable cover therefor, a housing inlet pipe portion projecting from a side wall portion of the body and adapted for connection to the discharge pipe, a housing outlet pipe portion projecting from a bottom wall portion of the body, and an outlet orifice defined by the bottom wall portion and extending between the volume and the outlet pipe portion. Retained within the volume is a valve body means comprising an end wall, a side wall and a retaining ring portion that together define a valve chamber, the end wall defining a valve inlet opening communicating with the chamber and an annular valve seat within the chamber and encircling the valve inlet opening. The valve body means defines a valve outlet pipe opening into the chamber and retained in the outlet orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Bimax Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur H. Anderson, Allan E. MacNicol