Patents by Inventor James C. Graff

James C. Graff 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: 4953718
    Abstract: A clothes hanger assembly is disclosed and includes a clothes hanger support bar 12 having a top surface 16, a bottom surface 15 and first and second side surfaces 11 and 21 respectively. The top surface is disposed in abutting relationship and attached at each end to a closet shelf 14 via bolts 17 and nuts 18. A plurality of elongated concave grooves 20 are disposed at spaced equal intervals along a first side surface 11 of support bar 12 and stop short of the top surface 16 thereof. Each groove 20 merges with a slightly tapered bore 22 extending angularly downward through hanger support bar 12, emerging on the second side surface and, short of the bottom surface thereof. Each tapered bore 22 is adapted to receive a clothes hanger 24 therein. Each hanger 24 includes a conventional transverse bar, or other conventional hanging structure, (not shown) for supporting trousers etc., and a pair of arms 25, 25a angularly extending from the transverse bar to merge with a vertical section 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignees: Paul B. Austin, Charles J. Graff
    Inventors: James C. Graff, Frederick K. Robertson
  • Patent number: 4611727
    Abstract: A tablet or capsule dispenser includes a neck member (12) for forming an entrance through which tablets or capsules to be dispensed must pass to get to laterally-positioned delivery compartments (28) downstream thereof. A baffle member (14) is affixed to the neck member for defining baffle openings (42) which are aligned with each of the delivery compartments (28). A one-way rotary carousel member (16), positioned between the stationary baffle member (14) and the delivery compartments (28), has a rotating opening (50) therein which, when aligned with the delivery compartments allows tablets or capsules therein to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Inventor: James C. Graff
  • Patent number: 4100448
    Abstract: An improved lamp and socket assembly is disclosed in which a socket collar is mechanically secured to the panel or reflector when the lamp is used. The base of the lamp attaches to the collar as does the electrical connector. The combination enables a more repeatable alignment of the lamp in the panel or reflector. A compact assembly is achieved by using nested cylinders in the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Russell W. Chipner, James C. Graff
  • Patent number: 4052638
    Abstract: An improved wedge-based lamp and method of manufacture are disclosed in which conductive leads and an exhaust tube are positioned and held in the pinch end of a flared section of glass tubing. After one or more filaments are attached to the leads and accurately positioned relative to the pinch end, an envelope is fastened to the flare to enclose the filaments and the lamp is exhausted or filled with inert gas(es) via the exhaust tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Love, James C. Graff