Patents by Inventor Duncan M. Toll

Duncan M. Toll 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: 5775550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gravity dispenser for dispensing, inter alia, a concentrate to be mixed with a diluent. The present invention includes a feature for reducing spray caused by closing of a flow control valve. A projection or ridge on a surface of one of the parts of the flow control valve, which projection or ridge can include bevelling or chamfering, sweeps across the area above the dispensing orifice, thereby directing a fluid shock wave away from the dispensing orifice. As a result, the fluid shock wave does not reach the dispensing orifice, thereby reducing or eliminating potential spray through the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventor: Duncan M. Toll
  • Patent number: 5037584
    Abstract: Carbonated liquid under pressure is conducted to a point which is at a pressure close to atmospheric pressure without excessive loss of carbonation over a helical flow path formed from a tubular member having an inner circumference and a helical insert having a threaded portion disposed within the tubular member with the threaded portion and the inner circumference together defining the helical flow path. The helical insert has an upstream end formed with a pointed nose adjacent one end of the threaded portion and a downstream end formed as a flat tail adjacent the other end of the threaded portion. The helical flow path has a predetermined length and essentially constant cross section which tends to reduce the pressure of the solution without excessive loss of carbonation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Inventor: Duncan M. Toll