Patents by Inventor Andrew Spiller

Andrew Spiller 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: 6036333
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system 10 for use on the outlet 101 of a conventional faucet 100 and including a generally T-shaped housing member 20 having a cross-arm portion 22 that is connected on one end 24 to the faucet outlet 101 and has an interior fluid flow deflector element 26 disposed above the intersection of the cross-arm portion 22 with the stem portion 21 of the housing member 20 which contains a power generating unit 12 and an illumination unit 13; wherein, the power generating unit 12 includes a turbine element 26 which is positioned beneath the fluid flow deflector element 26 for supplying electrical current to the illumination unit 13 when pressurized water flows over the fluid flow deflector element 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Andrew Spiller
  • Patent number: 4482390
    Abstract: Pigments which are unstable at high temperatures are protected by inclusion in zirconium silicate crystals. Improved protected pigments are produced by the step of precipitating the constituents of the protected pigments from aqueous or non-aqueous solution. Especially applicable to pigments for ceramics such as those containing cadmium and pigments for use in plastics where contamination of foodstuffs is to be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: British Ceramic Research Association Limited
    Inventors: Anthony C. Airey, Andrew Spiller