Patents by Inventor George K. Porter, Jr.

George K. Porter, Jr. 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: 4493339
    Abstract: An emergency air intake valve has a circular plate having a top and bottom and depending central portion adapted to be connected to a conduit. The plate and the depending portion have a vertical bore therethrough. A diaphragm overlies the top of the plate and has a central opening aligned with the bore. The diaphragm has an enlarged depending peripheral portion adjacent the diaphragm opening and adapted to contact the top of the plate adjacent said bore. A cap secures the outer edge of the diaphragm adjacent the outer edge of the plate and forms with the diaphragm a chamber above the diaphragm. The plate has at least one opening therethrough to provide communication between the bottom of the diaphragm and the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Assignee: Porter Instrument Company, Inc.
    Inventor: George K. Porter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4116476
    Abstract: A coupler assembly for supplying different fluids has a base member adapted to supply one fluid through a first socket member and a second different fluid through a second spaced socket member. A hose terminal fitting has a pair of spaced tubular plugs of different diameters for entry into said socket members. One of the socket members has a hook which is engaged by a latch on the hose terminal fitting for locking the tubular plugs against withdrawal from the sockets. Advantageously the latch is spring biased into the latching position and has a cam surface to provide for the camming of the latch over the hook as the tubular plugs are moved into the sockets. Preferably the hook lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axes of the plugs and the latch is mounted for sliding movement transversely of the hose terminal fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Inventors: Gary K. Porter, George K. Porter, Jr.