Patents by Inventor Richard Burger

Richard Burger 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: 7007492
    Abstract: A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system includes an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, a return coil of tubing beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, and a floor pan for collecting water beneath the primary coil and the return coil. The enclosure can include sloped walls to facilitate freezing of water within the enclosure. Alternatively, the block of ice can be delivered via a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Richard A. Burger
  • Publication number: 20040020237
    Abstract: A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system includes an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, a return coil of tubing beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, and a floor pan for collecting water beneath the primary coil and the return coil. The enclosure can include sloped walls to facilitate freezing of water within the enclosure. Alternatively, the block of ice can be delivered via a service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Richard A. Burger
  • Patent number: 6604373
    Abstract: A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system comprises an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, a return coil of tubing beneath the block of ice for transferring fluid, and a grid positioned between the primary coil and the return coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Inventor: Richard A. Burger
  • Patent number: 6092627
    Abstract: A stowable knockdown sawhorse can be assembled in two configurations: an operating configuration and a storage configuration. The sawhorse includes a pair of inverted-V-shaped leg members and a saddle having four mounting assemblies--two at each end, one per side. Each leg member has a notched apex that envelops one end of the saddle and is in turn enveloped within an inclined channel formed within each mounting assembly, thereby forming the sawhorse into its operating configuration. Each mounting assembly further defines an exterior bearing surface, the bearing surfaces on like sides of the saddle facing and opposing each other and lying on planes that intersect beyond the saddle working surface to form an angle equal to the apex angle of the leg members. The bearing surfaces are thereby oriented to accept and retain therebetween the leg assemblies when disengaged from the ends of the saddle and inverted between the bearing surfaces to form the sawhorse into its storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventor: Richard Burger
  • Patent number: 4055455
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for lining container closures with seals, and for testing the closures. The apparatus includes means for forming an infeed stream of closures and means interacting with the stream for forming closure groups. Conveyor means accept the groups and convey same to the various stations. At an initial station the shell integrity of the closures is tested; and closures are rejected at a following station if found to be the product of short molding shots or so forth. Thereafter, an adhesive is dispensed to the closure interior, and at a successive station seals are punched from a web and emplaced in the closure. A loose liner detector and removal station detects and removes loose liners from the closures. The sealing characteristics of the closures are then tested at a further station, and closures found to be imperfect are rejected; after which the closures which successfully pass through the several stations are discharged from the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Assignee: Norwalt Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter McDonald, Norbert F. Seitel, Richard A. Burger