Patents by Inventor Richard E. Butler

Richard E. Butler 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: 5075918
    Abstract: The invention consists of a combination cleaning device and carrying case able to be releasably secured to a golf bag. The body of the device is made from a towel folded and stitched to form two back-to-back pockets on the upper portion of the body, with the lower portions hanging freely thereform, with an optional cleaning brush fastened on the lower front thereof. The pockets may be closed at their tops by hook and loop fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Recreative Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Zeltner, Richard E. Butler
  • Patent number: 4098664
    Abstract: A rotating vertical plating table for electroplating workpieces having interior cylindrical surfaces. An approximately circular worktable is rotatably mounted upon a hollow body and has a central hole which connects to a tube which passes through the hollow body. Excess plating chemicals drain through the central hole and tube and are caught by a catch tray supported underneath the hollow body. The excess plating chemicals are recirculated to a plating anode. A ground plate is attached to the underside of the worktable and makes the workpiece which is attached to the worktable the plating cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Inventor: Richard E. Butler