Patents by Inventor Nicholas B. Popil

Nicholas B. Popil 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).

  • In-ground telescope with a stationary primary objective mirror having movable collectors
    Patent number: 7221504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel land based reflecting telescope having a stationary, equatorially mounted, segmented mirror comprised of a plurality of movable mirrored collectors. These movable collectors are arranged in hexagonal groups to form a multiple mirrored reflector, which comprises the stationary compound telescope. A secondary mirror mounted atop a tower at the focal point directs the image toward the observation cart. Observers ride the periphery of the stationary mirror at a rate of one revolution per day. A retractable air supported hypalon cover protects the large primary mirror structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Inventor: Nicholas B. Popil
  • Compound telescope with a stationary primary objective mirror having movable collectors
    Patent number: 6885501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel land based reflecting telescope having a stationary, equatorially mounted, segmented mirror comprised of a plurality of movable mirrored collectors. These movable collectors are arranged in hexagonal groups to form a multiple mirrored reflector, which comprises the stationary compound telescope. A secondary mirror mounted atop a tower at the focal point directs the image toward the observation cart. Observers ride the periphery of the stationary mirror at a rate of one revolution per day. A retractable air supported hypalon cover protects the large primary mirror structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Nicholas B. Popil
  • System for ensuring ready access to fire hydrant without sacrificing adjacent parking space for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 5303961
    Abstract: Proper access for enabling fire hoses to be readily coupled to the hose connections of a fire hydrant is provided without needlessly sacrificing valuable adjacent parking space for motor vehicles by utilizing upwardly oriented fire hydrant hose connections and/or by utilizing open-walled, cage-like protective enclosure components to maintain good and sufficient hydrant clearance and hose connection access space in regions that extend about the hydrant's hose connections. In one preferred form, rounded elbow pipe segments are threaded onto the hose connections of an existing fire hydrant and are rigidly secured in place thereon to provide upwardly oriented fire hydrant hose connections, and/or protective enclosure components are attached to the existing fire hydrant to provide an open-walled cage-like structure that maintains proper obstruction-free access space in regions that extend about the hydrant's hose connections so that fire hoses easily can be coupled to the hydrant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: Nicholas B. Popil