Patents by Inventor Marlin Frank

Marlin Frank 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: 7883623
    Abstract: A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: King Technology
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jeffery Johnson, Marlin Frank
  • Patent number: 7875191
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: King Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20090092673
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Marlin Frank
  • Patent number: 7507331
    Abstract: A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: King Technology
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jeffery Johnson, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20090071891
    Abstract: A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jeffery Johnson, Marlin Frank
  • Patent number: 7501067
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20080095862
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph King, Marlin Frank
  • Patent number: 7347934
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20060169626
    Abstract: A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph King, Jeffery Johnson, Marlin Frank
  • Patent number: 7052615
    Abstract: A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jeffery Johnson, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20060043011
    Abstract: A two part biocide composition containing metal ions and bromine donor for killing microorganisms in a body of water and a method of killing microorganisms in a body of water by placing both metal ions and a bromine in the body of water to allow use of lower concentrations of bromine than if bromine were used alone as a biocide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph King, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20040108261
    Abstract: A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jeffery Johnson, Marlin Frank
  • Publication number: 20040020833
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for aeration in a filter system. The present invention provides an air injection adaptor for coupling between a filter tank and a valve controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: EcoWater Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Marlin A. Frank
  • Patent number: 6627070
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for aeration in a filter system. The present invention provides an air injection adaptor for coupling between a filter tank and a valve controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Ecowater Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Marlin A. Frank
  • Patent number: 5388287
    Abstract: A countertop faucet assembly adapted to be secured over a hole in a countertop without requiring access to the area below the countertop. A base subassembly of the countertop faucet assembly is secured to the countertop and a faucet and cap assembly is thereafter secured to the base subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Ecowater Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Tischler, Marlin A. Frank, Kenneth J. Merchak
  • Patent number: 5362383
    Abstract: A self-contained monitoring system for monitoring the operating condition of a fluid treatment device. A housing provides a pair of flow passages, one for liquid supplied to, and the other for liquid treated by the fluid treatment device. Separate pairs of electrodes are provided, with one pair of electrodes extending into one of the flow passages and the other pair extending into the other flow passage. The conductivities between each pair of electrodes are provided as signals to an electronic circuit contained within the housing which provides electrical output signals indicative of the operating condition of the fluid treatment device based upon the conductivity of the supplied and treated fluid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Ecowater Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Zimmerman, Marlin A. Frank
  • Patent number: 5358635
    Abstract: A reverse osmosis water processing and storage system having a prefilter, reverse osmosis membrane assembly, and a storage volume contained within a first tank. The prefilter and reverse osmosis membrane assembly are located within a second tank which is in turn located within an expandable bladder which is received within the first tank. Processed water is stored in the volume provided between the second tank and the expandable bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Ecowater Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Marlin A. Frank, Kenneth J. Merchak