Patents by Inventor John A. Scholz

John A. Scholz 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).

  • Metal halide arc discharge lamp
    Patent number: 4158789
    Abstract: A high intensity arc discharge lamp comprises an arc tube having tungsten electrodes at each end and containing a fill including mercury, a starting gas and a metal in the form of metal halide. The tungsten electrode also contains a small quantity of said metal in solid solution with the tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1979
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: John A. Scholz, Phillip J. Gardner
  • Arc discharge lamp comprising mercury, scandium and lithium iodide, scandium emission being suppressed
    Patent number: 4053805
    Abstract: A metal halide arc discharge lamp has a fill including lithium iodide, mercury and scandium. In order to maintain a high efficiency in the red emission of the lamp, the ratio of lithium iodide to scandium must be between about 1.67 and 83.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: John A. Scholz, Phillip J. Gardner, H. Graham Silver
  • Vertical mold for making textured concrete panels
    Patent number: 3954377
    Abstract: A textured mold for vertically casting concrete wall slabs. The mold has one mobile vertical form wall mounted on a supporting carriage which runs along a track and a stationary vertical form wall rigidly anchored to a concrete foundation. Each form wall has a textured mold liner permitting various patterns to be impressed upon the surface of the concrete slabs. The carriage of the mobile form permits the mobile form to be removably connected to the stationary form. This concrete mold permits vertically casting concrete wall slabs with textured surfaces formed into the wet concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Torres, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray John Scholz, Thomas Patrick Fuller