Patents by Inventor Carl Schmid

Carl Schmid 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: 6076480
    Abstract: A tank within a ship providing for both fuel storage and water ballast, has external walls enclosing compartments formed between internal intersect walls having flow regulating openings therein that are located and sized to establish separate interfaced flow paths along which segregated flows of fuel and water are concentrated to minimize mixing of fuel and water during refueling operation and reduce retention of water within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Peter A. Chang, III, Brian Hill, Dan Bruchman, Ray Schmitt, Carl Schmid, Scott Jackson
  • Patent number: 4053648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of a bottle closure device and a complementarily formed bottle top for the sterile dispensing of flowable and/or pasty or viscous, sterile bottle contents, particularly of baby food, whereby the bottle top or its opening provided for the discharge of the contents, respectively, is covered under sterile conditions by a cover or closure wall, and said device being adapted to be attached to said bottle top and including on its inner face cutting means for the opening of said bottle, threads for threading onto the bottle top provided with complementary threads and for the simultaneous actuation of said cutting means, as well as means for the sterile dispensing or removal of the bottle contents after the opening of said bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Inventors: Manfred Carl Schmid, Rolf Richard Wilhelm Reiss