Patents by Inventor Charles G. Erickson

Charles G. Erickson 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: 4392953
    Abstract: A power driven cleaning device for an aquarium includes filter suspended in the aquarium tank and through which water is circulated by an impeller. A first filter pad is followed by a filter cartridge, each of which spans the flow path, and which are clamped in place by a removable cover, for service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Cornelius Products Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas P. Cornelius, Charles G. Erickson
  • Patent number: 4171069
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser includes a source of pressurized carbonated beverage which is connected to a dispensing valve by a line extending through a refrigerated bath. In the bath, the line includes a thin-wall high-density polyethylene tubing portion having a wall thickness in the range of 0.018 to 0.028, preferably 0.025 inch, and a density in the range of 0.945 to 0.965, preferably between 0.95 and 0.96.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1979
    Assignee: McQuay-Perfex Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Cornelius, Charles G. Erickson
  • Patent number: 4124994
    Abstract: A beverage cooling bath includes a refrigeration evaporator immersed in water for growing ice thereon, there being a beverage cooling coil disposed elsewhere in such water. In order to turn the refrigeration system off when a sufficient amount of ice has built up on the evaporator, there is provided a control for doing so which includes a motor-driven impeller that directs a flow of water into a tube which divides, the one portion having an outlet through which such water normally flows along a freezing surface on the evaporator, and the other portion being a branch that leads to a sensing control which is responsive to an increase of water level or water pressure therein as a consequence of ice forming to block the other portion leading to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: McQuay-Perfex Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Cornelius, Charles G. Erickson