Patents by Inventor Gerald S. Wagner, Jr.

Gerald S. Wagner, 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).

  • Sliding shoe unit for automatic backwash filters
    Patent number: 5552045
    Abstract: Articulated sliding shoes for improving the operation of automatic backwashing filter systems basically include (a) a rectangular support frame, (b) a central valve member, (c) a fore waste valve member, (d) an aft waste valve member and (e) sets of springs for such valve members. The valve members are moveable relative to the support frame transverse of its longitudinal axis, but are immoble parallel to such axis and are urged by the spring sets into seriatim contact with trios of the discharge ports of the filter cells of such filter systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Infilco Degremont Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald S. Wagner, Jr.