Patents by Inventor Francis M. Farrell, III

Francis M. Farrell, III 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: 4253773
    Abstract: A container for shipping, storing and mixing at least two fluids has a covered cylindrical outer container for containing a first fluid and a coaxial, smaller diameter inner container for the second fluid. The inner container is closed at the end adjacent the cover of the outer container by a piston and at the opposite end by a removable seal. A plurality of mixing blades are spaced around the inner container and are coupled to a drive plate in the cover of the outer container for rotation therewith. The drive plate has an axial opening for a pusher rod to enter and push the piston down the inner container to expel the second fluid into the first fluid in the outer container, the fluids then being mixed by rotation of the drive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Aho, Francis M. Farrell, III
  • Patent number: 4179050
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing piston for a cylindrical dispensing tube has a recessed transverse end wall formed with at least one aperture. The aperture is normally covered by a fluid seal removably retained on the exterior surface of the end wall. The piston is placed in a cylindrical dispensing tube with the exterior of the end wall pressing against the fluid in the tube and the piston is moved axially down the tube to dispense the fluid. Further fluid may then be added to the tube and a second piston moved axially down the tube to dispense that fluid, the conformable material covering the aperture in the end wall of the first piston being forced away from the end wall to uncover the apertures as the second piston is moved down the tube to create a pathway for the fluid through the first piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Francis M. Farrell, III, Robert B. Otto, William J. Seim