Patents by Inventor Benito F. Marruffo

Benito F. Marruffo 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).

  • Timer device, assembly, and method of operating
    Patent number: 4302639
    Abstract: A timer device has a pair of switches, a pair of cam means adapted for rotation so as to respectively actuate the switches in a first preselected sequence, and means for driving the cam means to effect the respective rotation thereof. Means for driven association with the driving means so as to be rotatable with the cam means includes means rotatably adjustable from one operating position of at least a pair of operating positions toward another thereof for interrupting the actuation of one of the switches by the one cam means in the first preselected sequence with the actuation of the other of the switches by the other of the cam means and for permitting the actuation of the one switch by the one cam means in another preselected sequence with the actuation of the other switch by the other cam means.An assembly for use in a timer device and a method of operating a timer device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Merle J. Lewis, Benito F. Marruffo