Patents by Inventor Frederick S. Foster

Frederick S. Foster 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: 20190119580
    Abstract: A process for controlling corrosion and fouling in petroleum refining units. The corrosion controlling agent comprises an amine and an alcohol. The process comprises the step of adding the amine and the alcohol to the overhead system of the petroleum refining unit, either separately or in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Runyu Tan, Lorenzo Spagnuolo, Stephen W. King, Frederick S. Foster
  • Patent number: 4552349
    Abstract: The programmable packaging grid groups selective ones of a plurality of available printed products, newspapers, and the like based on demographic information concerning the consumer to receive each package. A plurality of longitudinally receiving conveyors (10) each define a series of package receiving areas. A receiving conveyor monitoring means (180) monitors the position of the package receiving areas. A plurality of gripping conveyors (20) which include a plurality of individual grippers run in loops above and transverse to the receiving conveyors. A gripping conveyor monitoring means (182) monitors the position of the individual grippers. A newspaper feeding station (82, 86) feeds newspapers to the belt conveyors to be included in the packages of customers who are also newspaper subscribers. A digital computer (200-286) controls the individual grippers of the gripping conveyors to release selected printed products to fall into selected package receiving areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Hall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerold C. Loos, James R. Wakefield, Frederick S. Foster
  • Patent number: 4484733
    Abstract: The programmable packaging grid groups selective ones of a plurality of available printed products, newspapers, and the like based on demographic information concerning the consumer to receive each package. A plurality of longitudinally receiving conveyors (10) each define a series of package receiving areas. A receiving conveyor monitoring means (180) monitors the position of the package receiving areas. A plurality of gripping conveyors (20) which include a plurality of individual grippers run in loops above and transverse to the receiving conveyors. A gripping conveyor monitoring means (182) monitors the position of the individual grippers. A newspaper feeding station (82, 86) feeds newspapers to the belt conveyors to be included in the packages of customers who are also newspaper subscribers. A digital computer (200-286) controls the individual grippers of the gripping conveyors to release selected printed products to fall into selected package receiving areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Hall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerold C. Loos, James R. Wakefield, Frederick S. Foster