Patents by Inventor Donald J. Kempiak

Donald J. Kempiak 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: 5177870
    Abstract: A shower shaver is made from two plastic piece parts. A first part is a handle in the nature of a pipe terminating in a cavity. The other piece part delivers water which strikes a razor blade and then exits under the cutting edge of the blade with enough force to wash debris away from the blade. A valve on the shaver handle provides a continuously variable control over the flow of water to the shaver. A tubing or hose attached to the shower shaver leads to a nipple which may be interposed between an outlet and a pipe. A quick disconnect connector enables the tubing to be connected to or disconnected from the nipple. A bracket or hanger is attached to a wall in any suitable out of the way location in order to receive and support the shaver when the shaver and the quick disconnect connector on the tubing is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Associated Mills
    Inventors: Donald N. Jursich, Donald J. Kempiak, William Kalnins, Jefferson L. Gentry
  • Patent number: 5031255
    Abstract: A whirlpool home appliance is built into a U-shaped housing for fitting over and clamping to the side of a bath tub. A water pump is in the side of the housing which is in the bath tub in order to energize the water in the tub. An air pump is in the side of the housing which is outside the tub in order to pump air to a bubbling bath mat which fits on the bottom of a bath tub. The motor for the appliance is a reversing motor which runs in either of two directions. A one-way clutch disconnects the water pump when the bubbling air mat is used. The air pump may run all of the time since the loading of an air pump is not so great that it must be disconnected when not in use. The housing is attached to the tub by a screw which has a large area of relatively soft padding with a radially distributed flexibility so that there is no abrupt discontinuity of clamping forces. The pad avoids and prevents damage to a plastic or fiber glass bath tub when the screw tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald O. Hilger, Donald J. Kempiak, William Kalnins
  • Patent number: 4962759
    Abstract: A bubbling air mat has an air hose leading to a control unit having a motor therein. A number of saftey devices are provided to prevent a user from being electrocuted if water reaches the control unit. In the most protected area within the control unit, a rope heater is provided to warm an air stream being driven by said motor and through said air hose to bubble from the air mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Associated Mills Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Stern, Donald J. Kempiak
  • Patent number: 4823225
    Abstract: An immersion detector comprises a pair of spring biased circuit breaking contacts for removing power from an appliance. The appliance has a sensing circuit which may become energized if it is dropped into a body of an electrically conductive liquid, such as a sink full of water. An SCR is connected to each side of the line and is triggered by an energization of said sensing circuit so that it is irrelevant which side of the line is hot and which side is at neutral. When either SCR conducts, a solenoid releases the spring bias which causes the circuit breaking contacts to fly apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Associated Mills Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Foster, Donald J. Kempiak