Patents by Inventor Earl M. Stecker

Earl M. Stecker 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: 4502617
    Abstract: A decanter and sanitary pump assembly for dispensing metered quantities of liquid. The pump assembly is mounted inside the decanter, and the entire apparatus is quickly and easily disassembled for cleaning, thus making it particularly useful for dispensing food products. The outlet of the pump assembly projects downwardly from an overhanging section of the decanter to allow convenient placing of a liquid receiving container beneath the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Stoelting, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl M. Stecker, Richard C. Plamann
  • Patent number: 4271986
    Abstract: A drink dispenser spigot comprises a barrel, a valve plunger, a stem for the plunger, and a spout opening in the barrel. A splash deflector collar about the stem is movable therewith. As the spigot is opened by withdrawing the plunger so that it passes over the spout opening to dispense drink, the splash deflector at least partially blocks splashing of the drink through the spout opening and into the barrel. Some drink splash may enter the barrel but the splash deflector has a wiper flange which will wipe interior surfaces of the barrel as the plunger moves toward closed position and wipe drink splash from the inside of the barrel and out through the spout opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Stoelting, Inc.
    Inventor: Earl M. Stecker