Patents by Inventor C. Curtis

C. Curtis 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: 4023843
    Abstract: A mail handling device to facilitate the deposit of mail in a public mail box by an occupant of a vehicle. The device has a long handle equipped at one end with a mail gripper operable to deposit the mail into the box as a mail release device engages the receiving chute of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Inventor: C. Curtis Coons
  • Patent number: 3963375
    Abstract: A circuit is provided for shutting off the motor of an intermittently activated, electrically powered fluid recirculation pump to prevent the pump motor from burning out its windings or bearings. A power control relay is energized to activate the pump motor for a predetermined period of time, allowing the pump to reach steady state flow condition, after which a time delay relay opens and current flows to the power control relay through a pressure switch. The pressure switch opens to shut-off the recirculation pump motor whenever the pump discharge pressure falls below a predetermined minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Inventor: George C. Curtis
  • Patent number: 3930539
    Abstract: In order to increase the productivity of oil and gas wells, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid are pumped into the well. Thereafter, aqueous ammonia is forced into the bottom of the well by nitrogen under pressure. This produces a violent exothermic reaction in the formation around the bottom of the well which emulsifies the paraffin and disintegrates the limestone, so as to open the formation by forming large passages and cavities over large areas and distances, permitting the oil or gas to flow freely through the formation to the well bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Inventor: Arvel C. Curtis