Patents by Inventor Steven W. Post

Steven W. Post 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: 5019126
    Abstract: A foldable clothes hanger rail system that consist of a clothes hanger rail that is retractable when not in use. The foldable clothes hanger rail system was developed for applications such as laundry rooms where a permanent clothes hanger rail takes up too much room and is only needed on an intermittent basis. The rail is made retractable by having the rail attached to pivot members that pivot around screws fastened into a wall mountable frame. The pivot members are supported by chords or chains running from the upper portion of the frame and support the rail when it is rotated downward and in service. A rail clip is provided on the upper portion of the frame to keep the rail retracted when not in ervice. The entire system is made into one single unit to be easily mounted on a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Inventor: Steven W. Post
  • Patent number: 4680446
    Abstract: A supplemental electric water unit for immediately providing hot water of a desired temperature at a point of use, such a hot water faucet, when the standing line hot water from a remote conventional water heater is of insufficient temperature includes a small insulated tank interposed in the supply line immediately before the point of use. The tank is provided with a thermostatically controlled electric heater for maintaining the water the tank at the desired temperature. An inlet passage directs inflowing water from the supply line to the bottom of the tank and an upper water outlet connects the tank to the point of use. A thermostatic valve in the water inlet passage opens to automatically to bypass inflowing water of proper temperature directly to the top of the tank for discharge through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Inventor: Steven W. Post
  • Patent number: 4632141
    Abstract: A check valve is provided for use in a fluid pump wherein the check valve is associated with a valve spyder providing a means for rapidly removing the check valve from the host valve receiving bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Steven W. Post
  • Patent number: 4576337
    Abstract: A sewer cleaner having a water pump with a clutch-less connection to an engine draws water from a tank having a baffle with an orifice. A valve arrangement directs the output from the pump to either a hose on a reel or recirculates to the tank. The flow rate through the orifice is less than the operating output of the pump so that the recirculated water combines with that flowing through the orifice to permit operation of a hydraulic system to rotate the hose reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Steven W. Post
  • Patent number: 4556371
    Abstract: A triplex or quadruplex pump having pump pistons which are equally phased apart and driven by a common drive shaft so that the velocity, i.e., speed with direction of all pistons in the particular pump is equal to zero at all times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Steven W. Post
  • Patent number: D304757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Post, Edward A. Bellandi