Patents by Inventor Norman A. Neill

Norman A. Neill 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: 5447079
    Abstract: A device to facilitate the use of extraction discs used in analysis of water impurities includes a cylindrical body with a top cavity to receive the extraction disc with a threaded ring holder to hold an open bottom container sealed on the extraction disc with a valve to selectively channel flow from the extraction disc into three downward passages, two of which open through the bottom into wash and elute sample containers and a third to a tube that opens into a large collection container sealably attached to the bottom of the body around the smaller containers with a vacuum passage through the bottom of the body into the large container controlled by a valve. The body has two parallel slots On opposite sides of the body to engage into cut outs of a rack panel supported above a housing with a slanted top wall with elliptical holes cut to receive the collection container and support it sticking out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: S.P. Industries, Ltd. Partnership
    Inventors: Norman A. Neill, David Cross
  • Patent number: 5375477
    Abstract: A device to facilitate the use of extraction discs used in analysis of water impurities includes a cylindrical body with a top cavity to receive the extraction disc with a threaded ring holder to hold an open bottom container sealed on the extraction disc with a valve to selectively channel flow from the extraction disc into three downward passages, two of which open through the bottom into wash and elute sample containers and a third to a tube that opens into a large collection container sealably attached to the bottom of the body around the smaller containers with a vacuum passage through the bottom of the body into the large container controlled by a valve. The body has two parallel slots on opposite sides of the body to engage into cut outs of a rack panel supported above a housing with a slanted top wall with elliptical holes cut to receive the collection container and support it sticking out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: S.P. Industries, Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Norman A. Neill, David Cross
  • Patent number: D303710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Kontes Glass Company
    Inventor: Norman A. Neill