Patents by Inventor Robert L. Neiss

Robert L. Neiss 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: 6018987
    Abstract: A fixture for holding a plastic or glass container and container closure member in a fixed position for measurement of the gases escaping through and around the closure member. A first clamp positions a closure cover over the closure member, and a second clamp positions a slidable yoke about the bottle neck, wherein the first and second clamps are sealably affixed together; the closure cover has a gas passageway for purging the gas from the chamber formed by the two clamps, and for collecting gas leaking through the closure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Mocon, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Robert L. Neiss
  • Patent number: 5363987
    Abstract: A vending machine is designed to dispense multiple copies of a publication one at a time. The machine includes a storage member adapted to temporarily store multiple copies of a publication in a face-to-face orientation, a suction assembly formed of at least one suction cup that is adapted to seize and transport the front most copy of the publication to a dispensing position, a valve assembly associated with the suction cup to cause the cup to vent when in a dispensing position to dispense such copy into a delivery chute, and a slidable backplate biased to continuously urge the remaining copies of the publication forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Seven, Ltd.
    Inventors: Danny E. Crawford, Gene A. Hall, Dennis A. Jendro, Dennis P. Rolph, Danny L. Nelson, Paul D. Elst, Gregory E. Erlandson, Jack T. Mowry, Robert L. Neiss, Craig K. Loebig, Richard A. Helms
  • Patent number: 5159829
    Abstract: A system for measuring gas permeability of membranes under precise temperature and humidity controls, by the use of a gas detector made from a single metallic block, wherein the gas flow passages are virtually entirely confined within the metallic block, and a temperature control passage is provided in the block for stabilizing temperature of the block and the passages therein, at any predetermined temperature. The detector device also includes passages for forming into liquid reservoirs, for providing a controllable relative humidity by passing the test gases through the mubidifier passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Modern Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Robert L. Neiss
  • Patent number: 5107696
    Abstract: A system for measuring gas permeability of membranes under precise temperature and humidity controls, by the use of a gas detector made from a single metallic block, wherein the gas flow passages are virtually entirely confined within the metallic block, and a temperature control passage is provided in the block for stabilizing temperature of the block and the passages therein, at any predetermined temperature. The detector device also includes passages for forming into liquid reservoirs, for providing a controllable relative humidity by passing the test gases through the humidifier passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Modern Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Robert L. Neiss