Patents by Inventor John S. Knapp

John S. Knapp 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: 4195572
    Abstract: A projectile suitable for launching by a gun or similar weapon, having a hollow housing within which there is carried a pressurized container having the material to be delivered therein. A piercing pin within the housing is spaced from the bottom of the container. When the projectile is launched by the firing of the weapon, the inertia of the container causes the piercing pin to penetrate the bottom of the container. The pin and container remain together until the projectile's forward motion is sharply reduced as by striking an object or the ground. The piercing pin is thereby dislodged, releasing the delivered material under pressure into the atmosphere.Stabilizing fins and weights are provided to control the flight of the projectile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Federal Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: John S. Knapp
  • Patent number: 3963770
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a synthesis of ortho chlorobenzalmalononitrile by reacting malononitrile with ortho-chloro benzaldehyde in methanol in the presence of a basic catalyst; separating the product crystals from the methanol; washing the crystals with fresh methanol; combining the wash methanol with the methanol filtrate and using the combined methanol in another similar synthesis run and repeating a series of such runs; drying the crystals with a current of turbulent dry air and scrubbing the air with base solution thereby substantially reducing associated problems of effluent treatment and ambient air pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Federal Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: John S. Knapp