Patents by Inventor Ernest Middleton

Ernest Middleton 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).

  • Publication number: 20230034411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a remote propane-monitoring device primarily comprised of a body with a front surface further comprised of a display and at least one button, a retaining clip and a mobile application. In the preferred embodiment, the body is generally rectangular and is made from a rigid, water-resistant/water-proof, weather-resistant plastic. The body further has a clip assembly that allows the device to attach to a propane gauge of a propane tank and a piping/tubing that attaches to the tank. The device is further comprised of an internal pressure gauge that reads the pressure of the propane gas being pushed out from the tank to determine the level of propane gas left in the tank and relay said information to the mobile application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Ernest Middleton
  • Patent number: 4772207
    Abstract: A kit for visual demonstration of principles relating to carpets and carpet care. The kit includes a horizontal base member, vertical members removably securable in erect position with respect to the base member at their proximal ends, and means on the base member to hold the vertical members in carrying position when not in their erect positions. A highly preferred base member is a transparent rigid box with spaced upper and lower walls, the vertical members being attacked to the lower wall and extending loosely through openings in the upper wall.The method includes applying dirt onto a shaft near its distal end and, when the shaft is erect on the lower wall of the preferred base member, executing a cleaning step. The cleaning step may involve applying a free liquid, which carries dirt through the opening into the rigid box, or rubbing with a damp wiper and then removing the dirty wiper from a position on top of the rigid box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Racine Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. LaFontsee, Ernest Middleton, Geoffrey R. Greeley
  • Patent number: 4046627
    Abstract: In a nuclear reactor having the fuel disposed within a large number of pressure tubes fed in parallel with liquid coolant which is partly vaporized while flowing through the pressure tubes, the invention provides a coolant-supply header assembly comprising parallel-extending sub-header pipes which at their ends are connected by end pipes and which have water outlets (for connection to the individual pressure tubes) distributed along their lengths, and header pipes each extending transversely across the sub-header pipes at spaced intervals therealong and having a water inlet and a plurality of branch pipes each of which connects to a respective one of the sub-header pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: Nulcear Power Company (Whetstone) Limited
    Inventor: John Ernest Middleton
  • Patent number: 4046628
    Abstract: In a water-cooled pressure-tube reactor in which each fuel-containing pressure tube is included in one of two main coolant circuits each of which comprises a bottom header supplying coolant water to the pressure-tube lower ends, a steam drum to which the pressure-tube upper ends are connected, main circulator means pumping water from the steam drum to the bottom header, further pump means pumping an auxiliary coolant water flow from the steam drum of each coolant circuit directly into the pressure tubes of that circuit in the form of spray cooling in such pressure tubes, with the bottom headers of the two circuits interconnected and main feedwater pumps supplying make-up water to the steam drums to replace generated steam, the invention provides, between the main feedwater pumps and the steam drums, water inlet valves which are controlled by pressure in the coolant circuits and are arranged to close in response to a fall in such pressure, and also provides further connections arranged to supply feedwater dire
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: Nuclear Power Company (Whetstone) Limited
    Inventor: John Ernest Middleton
  • Patent number: 3981770
    Abstract: A protective arrangement for a cooling system of the kind in which a fluid, which may be in the form of a liquid, gas, vapor or a two-phase fluid, is arranged to be circulated around the system under pressure, said protective arrangement comprising means for injecting into the system fluid under pressure for maintaining a flow in the normal direction through a region of the system, or for preventing cessation or reversal of flow through said region, for a period following a reduction in the pressure of the normal circulating fluid feeding said region, which may be due for example to a breach in a part of the system upstream from said region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Nuclear Power Company (Whetstone) Limited
    Inventor: John Ernest Middleton