Patents by Inventor Charles Edwin Long

Charles Edwin Long 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: 3956937
    Abstract: A system for use in connection with a flowmeter (volume flow rate), liquid level detector for a storage tank, a pressure indicator or otherwise. A pair of bellows assemblies connects a pressure source to a pressure sensitive instrument via conduit means including a detachable coupling. One bellows can be permanently (welded) attached to the pressure source. The instrument may be removed for service by uncoupling. The conduit means can carry two liquids separated by a bellows. One liquid may be NaK (a sodium and potassium mixture) which is used for radioactive applications and to detect the liquid level of a 1000.degree.F. liquid sodium storage tank or the pressure or liquid level of a corrosive liquid. The other liquid can be an oil that transmits the NaK pressures to the pressure sensitive instrument. The detachable coupling is a double-seal type (both halves automatically close), and is placed in the oil-filled conduit. The oil-filled conduit is not subjected to high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Nicholas Lawford, Charles Edwin Long