Patents by Inventor Ernest Matthews

Ernest Matthews 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: 5881922
    Abstract: A coupler for a dispensing apparatus and method of use thereof includes a first member having a first, a second, and a third aperture. A second member is mountable on and rotatable about the first member to selectively communicate the first and second apertures with the third aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: John T. Hawkins, Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr., Michael J. Riley
  • Patent number: 5664436
    Abstract: A component configuration for enhancing the serviceability of a dispenser includes a platform positionable on the housing of the dispenser. A refrigeration unit mounts at a center and rear portions of the platform. An electronic control is disposed within a housing that is mounted at a center portion of the platform adjacent to the refrigeration unit. The electronic control housing permits access to the electronic control from the front of the dispenser. An evaporator coil of the refrigeration unit includes concentric coil sections defined by an inner coil section, an intermediate coil section, and an outer coil section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Lancer Corporation
    Inventors: John Thomas Hawkins, Jr., Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5086711
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a collapsible table comprising a table top, and first and second legs having a scissors action connection to one another. The first leg is pivotally secured at a first location to the table top, and the second leg is pivotally and removably secured by releasable securing means at a second location to the table top spaced from the first location. Releasable locking means are provided for releasably securing the securing means. In a further aspect of the invention, the locking means is provided by a locking lever having a securing means receiving means for releasably securing the securing means in the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Ernest Matthews
  • Patent number: 4103419
    Abstract: A pipe cutting device for plastics pipe, including two members pivoted together and carrying jaws which can be opened and closed by respective closing and opening movements of generally colinear handles of the members. The jaws carry rollers so that the jaws, when closed, bring the rollers into engagement with the periphery of the pipe to be cut in such a way that the device can be easily moved circumferentially around the pipe, one member carrying a cutting element which circumferentially cuts the pipe during such movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: The Stanley Works Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruce Ernest Matthews, Ronald Day
  • Patent number: D387734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: John T. Hawkins, Jr., Jennifer E. Nagele, Vernon L. Mauldin, Michael J. Riley, Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr.
  • Patent number: D389693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: John T. Hawkins, Jr., Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr., Darwin L. Strohmeyer, Nicholas C. Mohat, Vernon L. Mauldin, Michael J. Riley