Patents by Inventor Richard R. Schmitt

Richard R. Schmitt 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: 5819466
    Abstract: A peripheral termiticide delivery system of flexible apertured tubing is provided for injection under pressure of termiticide between the exterior walls of a building and its exterior coating. The tubing preferably has flanges extending therefrom whereby it is affixed to the walls around the building above ground level, and the apertures are protected from clogging by coating material. Injection ports for injection of termiticide into the tubing are disposed at intervals along the tubing, which ports are adapted to extend outside the exterior surfacing materials. Termiticide is injected under pressure into each port until all sections of tubing are filled to overflowing and termiticide exiting the apertures soaks the adjacent wall surfaces and runs down into the adjacent soil, creating a termite barrier. The system may be installed after construction by cutting a channel through the exterior coating, inserting the tubing into the channel and then reapplying exterior coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Inventors: Harold Aesch, Kenneth Chitwood, Elizabeth Schmitt, Richard R. Schmitt
  • Patent number: 4893434
    Abstract: A gas or liquid distribution system in a building for pest control in the building has a plurality of flexible tubes in the walls of the building. Each tube has a plurality of openings unevenly spaced along the side thereof along one end portion of the tube. Each tube passes through a predetermined zone in the building and has a portion without any openings extending back to a control distribution box attached to the side of the building. A panel inside the control distribution box has a plurality of openings passing therethrough and has the open end of each flexible tube attached through an opening in the panel using a special pipe end connector for connecting the tube to the panel. The pipe end connectors are color coded to indicate the amount of pesticide liquid needed to be distributed to the building zone for the particular tube. In addition, the panel has a coding system to indicate which pipe inlet is for which building zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Inventors: Richard C. Knipp, Richard R. Schmitt, Kenneth R. Chitwood