Patents by Inventor Roy Valeo

Roy Valeo 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).

  • Mixing valve nozzle
    Patent number: 5094276
    Abstract: A mixing valve nozzle for homogeneously mixing two fluid streams and dispensing a predetermined quantity of fluid into a container, the mixing valve having a housing with a centrally disposed valve stem, an inlet port, an outlet port and a second inlet port disposed therebetween, the valve stem having mixing means rotatably secured thereto comprising a plurality of mixing plugs axially mounted on the valve stem, each mixing plug containing a plurality of nonaligned conduit passageways to homogeneously mix the fluid entering the mixing valve nozzle from the first inlet and the fluid entering the mixing valve from the second inlet, during the dispensing phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignees: Fluid Packaging Co., Inc., Dow Chemical Co.
    Inventors: Ernest P. Caputo, George Allison, Roy Valeo
  • Method and apparatus for trimming containerized deodorant products
    Patent number: 5083486
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for trimming solid stick deodorants to provide for a protruding rounded deodorant stick in the container in a continuous manner on subsequent deodorant sticks whereby the deodorant stick is brought into registration with a means for raising the solid deodorant stick to a predetermined height, the deodorant stick then being transported into registration with a rotating knife which trims the deodorant stick and imparts a rounded oval configuration to the top of the deodorant stick, the deodorant stick then being transported to a conveyor and released for further packaging. The apparatus and method accomplishes the trimming in a continuous and automatic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Fluid Packaging Co.
    Inventors: George Allison, Stuart Lawrence, Roy Valeo
  • Mixing valve nozzle
    Patent number: 5046538
    Abstract: A mixing valve nozzle for homogeneously mixing two fluid streams and dispensing a predetermined quantity of fluid into a container, the mixing valve having a housing with a centrally disposed valve stem, an inlet port, an outlet port and a second inlet port disposed therebetween, the valve stem having a mixing means rotatably secured thereto comprising a plurality of mixing plugs axially mounted on the valve stem, each mixing plug containing a plurality of nonaligned conduit passageways to homogeneously mix the fluid entering the mixing valve nozzle from the first inlet and the fluid entering the mixing valve from the second inlet, during the dispensing phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignees: Fluid Packaging Co., Inc., The Dow Chemical Co.
    Inventors: George Allison, Roy Valeo