Patents by Inventor Cecil Ray McCray

Cecil Ray McCray 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).

  • Fill valves, nozzle adapters for fill valves, and methods
    Patent number: 6112778
    Abstract: Beverage fill valves, adapter nozzles for placement at the discharge end of beverage fill valves, novel counterpressure, and snift discharge valves including plungers, actuators or buttons, and unique counterpressure snift flow paths in novel combination with fill valves and/or fill valves with adapter nozzles, and related methods are disclosed, whereby automatic filling of a can having a smaller diametral opening at the top thereof is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Servi-Tech, Inc
    Inventors: Terry E. Nish, Cecil Ray McCray
  • Fill valves, nozzle adapters for fill valves, and methods
    Patent number: 5954100
    Abstract: Beverage fill valves, adapter nozzles for placement at the discharge end of beverage fill valves, novel counterpressure, and snift discharge valves including plungers, actuators or buttons, and unique counterpressure snift flow paths in novel combination with fill valves and/or fill valves with adapter nozzles, and related methods are disclosed, whereby automatic filling of a can having a smaller diametral opening at the top thereof is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Servi-Tech, Inc
    Inventors: Terry E. Nish, Cecil Ray McCray
  • Fill valves, nozzle adapter for fill valves, and methods
    Patent number: 5899244
    Abstract: Beverage fill valves, adapter nozzles for placement at the discharge end of beverage fill valves, novel counterpressure, and snift discharge valves including plungers, actuators or buttons, and unique counterpressure snift flow paths in novel combination with fill valves and/or fill valves with adapter nozzles, and related methods are disclosed, whereby automatic filling of a can having a smaller diametral opening at the top thereof is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Service Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry E. Nish, Cecil Ray McCray