Patents by Inventor Raymond D. Gates

Raymond D. Gates 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: 4184703
    Abstract: An acoustically mounted valve assembly controlling the flow with respect to a tank. The purpose is to eliminate noise. An elastomeric or rubber ring is provided around an inlet pipe and is secured to the tank wall by a spud. The elastomeric ring has an untionsioned annular part which carries a mounting ring which supports the inlet pipe and the valve assembly. The mounting eliminates or reduces noise to a minimum and prevent the tank from acting as a drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Masco Corporation
    Inventors: Sol R. Rubin, Raymond D. Gates
  • Patent number: 4136711
    Abstract: A pilot operated ball cock valve for controling the height of fluid in a tank. The rotary pilot valve has an inlet port and an outlet port which are interconnected and communicate with a fluid channel which bypasses an evacuation chamber and a diaphragm valve permitting fluid to flow directly to the inlet port of the rotary pilot valve. The outlet port of the rotary valve is positioned by a predetermined fluid height in the tank into alignment with a fluid channel which transmits fluid pressure into a pressure chamber above the diaphragm. Such positioning allows fluid pressure to act upon the diaphragm which closes a discharge orifice thereby preventing flow of fluid into the tank. A decrease in fluid height in the tank induces the rotary pilot valve to rotate such that the outlet port will move out of alignment with the fluid channel leading into the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Masco Corporation
    Inventors: Sol R. Rubin, Raymond D. Gates