Patents by Inventor Robert Fast

Robert Fast 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: 7618527
    Abstract: Describes a method for lowering the flow of liquid anolyte through perforations in the diaphragm of a diaphragm electrolytic cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali diaphragm electrolytic cell, comprising introducing ceramic fiber into the anolyte compartment of the electrolytic cell, e.g., during cell operation. The benefits described for lowering the flow of anolyte liquor through the diaphragm of a chlor-alkali diaphragm electrolytic cell are increasing the concentration of alkali metal hydroxide, e.g., sodium hydroxide, and decreasing the concentration of hypochlorite ion, e.g., sodium hypochlorite, in the catholyte liquor. Also describes introducing dopant material and/or fibers comprising halogen-containing polymer, e.g., fluorocarbon polymer fibers, into the anolyte compartment of the electrolytic cell in conjunction with the addition of ceramic fiber into the anolyte compartment, e.g., during cell operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry W. Schussler, Joseph R. Cimini, Robert A. Fast, Berry G. Garrard, Steven T. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20070045105
    Abstract: Describes a method for lowering the flow of liquid anolyte through perforations in the diaphragm of a diaphragm electrolytic cell, e.g., a chlor-alkali diaphragm electrolytic cell, comprising introducing ceramic fiber into the anolyte compartment of the electrolytic cell, e.g., during cell operation. The benefits described for lowering the flow of anolyte liquor through the diaphragm of a chlor-alkali diaphragm electrolytic cell are increasing the concentration of alkali metal hydroxide, e.g., sodium hydroxide, and decreasing the concentration of hypochlorite ion, e.g., sodium hypochlorite, in the catholyte liquor. Also describes introducing dopant material and/or fibers comprising halogen-containing polymer, e.g., fluorocarbon polymer fibers, into the anolyte compartment of the electrolytic cell in conjunction with the addition of ceramic fiber into the anolyte compartment, e.g., during cell operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Henry Schussler, Joseph Cimini, Robert Fast, Berry Garrard, Steven Richardson
  • Patent number: 6862826
    Abstract: A label holder including a transparent cover member overlying a label-receiving pocket with complementary male and female locking elements snappingly engageable with each other to selectively secure the pocket, and a release element to disengage the locking elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Patent number: 6732866
    Abstract: A display unit for use in combination with a shelf having a depressed well at its front end, the display unit providing a stop for merchandise resting on the shelf and being formed of a multiplicity of integrally formed panels, portions of which can be seated and locked into the well of the shelf, with other portions then being interengaged to rigidify the unit and preclude accidental collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: East Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Robert Fast, Michael G. Lowry
  • Patent number: 6688567
    Abstract: A label holder or label/sign holder to be secured to a merchandise-supporting shelf devoid of a C-channel on its depending front lip. An adaptor element is secured to the supporting surface of the shelf as by push pins and has a forwardly extending portion defining a hook member engageable in a lip member defined at the upper edge of the body panel of the label holder without interfering with movement of a transparent cover member on the label holder to insert or remove labels from a pocket defined therebetween. Various embodiments of rearwardly extending flanges on the back of the body panel are adapted to secure the lower portions of the label holder to or around a rearwardly extending flange on the bottom of the shelf lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Patent number: 6665971
    Abstract: A label holder including a transparent cover member overlying a main body panel to define therebetween a lockable label-receiving pocket. The cover member is normally biased to a closed position by a hinge interconnecting the lower edges of the cover member and the main body panel, and being movable about the hinge to an open position to spread a gap at the top of the pocket for insertion and removal of labels from the pocket. A dust cover is provided to span and seal the gap when the cover member is in its closed position without interfering with the locking feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Publication number: 20030201203
    Abstract: A display unit for use in combination with a shelf having a depressed well at its front end, the display unit providing a stop for merchandise resting on the shelf and being formed of a multiplicity of integrally formed panels, portions of which can be seated and locked into the well of the shelf, with other portions then being interengaged to rigidify the unit and preclude accidental collapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Robert A. Fast, Michael G. Lowry
  • Publication number: 20030098400
    Abstract: A label holder or label/sign holder to be secured to a merchandise-supporting shelf devoid of a C-channel on its depending front lip. An adaptor element is secured to the supporting surface of the shelf as by push pins and has a forwardly extending portion defining a hook member engageable in a lip member defined at the upper edge of the body panel of the label holder without interfering with movement of a transparent cover member on the label holder to insert or remove labels from a pocket defined therebetween. Various embodiments of rearwardly extending flanges on the back of the body panel are adapted to secure the lower portions of the label holder to or around a rearwardly extending flange on the bottom of the shelf lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Publication number: 20030097775
    Abstract: A label holder including a transparent cover member overlying a main body panel to define therebetween a lockable label-receiving pocket. The cover member is normally biased to a closed position by a hinge interconnecting the lower edges of the cover member and the main body panel, and being movable about the hinge to an open position to spread a gap at the top of the pocket for insertion and removal of labels from the pocket. A dust cover is provided to span and seal the gap when the cover member is in its closed position without interfering with the locking feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Patent number: 6568112
    Abstract: A merchandising aid in the nature of a combined label/sign holder wherein a sign holder is carried directly by the cover member of the label holder so that the label holder pocket can be readily accessed for insertion or replacement of non-adhesive labels therein without interference from the sign holder. Incorporation of sign holder-supporting members on the cover member of a label holder is shown as particularly advantageous in label holders having locking portions designed to preclude the accidental movement of labels carried thereby. Upper and/or lower grips may also be formed on the cover member to slidingly receive and removably retain additional labels and/or signs without interfering with other merchandise information members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Publication number: 20030080570
    Abstract: A label holder including a transparent cover member overlying a label-receiving pocket with complementary male and female locking elements snappingly engageable with each other to selectively secure the pocket, and a release element to disengage the locking elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Publication number: 20030019140
    Abstract: A merchandising aid in the nature of a combined label/sign holder wherein a sign holder is carried directly by the cover member of the label holder so that the label holder pocket can be readily accessed for insertion or replacement of non-adhesive labels therein without interference from the sign holder. Incorporation of sign holder-supporting members on the cover member of a label holder is shown as particularly advantageous in label holders having locking portions designed to preclude the accidental movement of labels carried thereby. Upper and/or lower grips may also be formed on the cover member to slidingly receive and removably retain additional labels and/or signs without interfering with other merchandise information members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michael G. Lowry, Robert Fast
  • Patent number: 5123189
    Abstract: A display tag, of sheet material, for use on a forwardly extending support hook is provided. It has a mounting portion on one end for securing it to the proximal end of a support hook, and an elongate portion adjacent the mounting portion for extending forwardly of the hook to present product information at a distal end of the elongate portion. The tag has one or more flaps or tabs which are die-cut therein and provided with bar receiving cut-outs for receiving a forwardly extending part of a support hook therein. In one embodiment, four tabs are provided on the mounting portion of the tag for receiving mutually perpendicular extending bars of a bi-directional wire rack therein. The bar receiving cut-outs in the tabs are circular or elongate in shape and stabilize the tag in the longitudinal direction on the support hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Fast Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Robert A. Fast, John W. Gebka
  • Patent number: 4965949
    Abstract: A label holder attachment is provided for the distal end of an elongate product information display tag of the kind that extends over a horizontally disposed product support hook. The label holder attachment may be used, for example, to provide temporary product information such as sale or special offer pricing. The label holder attachment has a pair of fold-down tabs which can be squeezed together and inserted through an elongate slot at the distal end of the tag in order to mount the attachment on the tag. The attachment also has a label holding portion which extends forwardly of the tag and which can take a number of different forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Robert Fast
  • Patent number: 4718627
    Abstract: A strip merchandiser for suspending apertured products from a product display shelf has a versatile form of mounting portion providing optional forms of attachment for the strip merchandiser to the display shelf. The mounting portion is in the form of a panel which can be flexed so as to secure the panel in a concave price channel on the forward edge of a shelf. Further, the mounting panel is provided with a depressable head which can be used for attaching it in an aperture of a display shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Inventors: Jacob Fast, Robert A. Fast