Patents by Inventor Richard W. Ripley

Richard W. Ripley 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).

  • Baseball pitching device
    Patent number: 6237583
    Abstract: Provided herein is a device useful for delivering spherical projectiles to a desired location. The projectiles may comprise baseballs, tennis balls, or the like, and may be conferred with various degrees of linear velocities, spin, and rotational characteristics for their flight. A device according to the invention is especially well suited for use in providing batters with a source of various pre-selected or random pitches of balls, to enhance batting practice in the absence of a human pitcher. A device according to the invention is readily compactable, portable, and efficient with regard to the amount of space it occupies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventors: Richard W. Ripley, James E. Flynn
  • Apparatus for managing retort over-pressure during pressure cooling
    Patent number: 5472042
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for managing retort over-pressure during pressure cooling. The invention allows the specification of an initial cooling temperature and a final cooling temperature and a final cooling pressure. Using these values the invention provides a pressure ramping to manage retort over-pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Joost Veltman, Richard W. Ripley
  • Method for managing retort over-pressure during pressure cooling
    Patent number: 5358030
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for managing retort over-pressure during pressure cooling. The invention allows the specification of an initial cooling temperature and a final cooling temperature and a final cooling pressure. Using these values the invention provides a pressure ramping to manage retort over-pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Joost Veltman, Richard W. Ripley