Patents by Inventor Neville Gould

Neville Gould 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: 6003534
    Abstract: This application concerns a distributor for agricultural chemicals, and in particular a manifold used in distributors of anhydrous ammonia. The manifold comprises a housing having an axially aligned inlet port and several radially arranged outlet ports. The outlet ports have equal angular separation around the periphery of the housing. A rotatable distributor is arranged within the housing, and a passage is provided through the rotatable distributor. The passage extends from an entry port communicating with the inlet port of the housing, to a delivery port which communicates with each outlet port in turn as the rotor rotates about the axis. The arrangement is such that, in use, the rotatable distributor has sufficient rotational momentum to enable it to behave like a flywheel, so that its rotational velocity remains substantially constant irrespective of the volumetric proportions of liquid to vapor at the entry port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: The Minister of Agriculture for the State of New South Wales
    Inventors: Neville Gould, Pat Weldon