Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Hankin

Thomas E. Hankin 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: 4414168
    Abstract: A process for making a porous dip tube for use in a pressurized container dispensing liquid material in which a mixture of polymers, one insoluble in the liquid material and a second soluble in a solvent, is extruded to form a tube and thereafter the second polymer is removed from the extruded tube to provide porosity in the wall of the tube. In use, the bulk of liquid material is forced from the bottom of the pressurized container through the tube longitudinally while gaseous matter passes through the wall of the tube to provide means to atomize the liquid material as it passes into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: ESB Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas E. Hankin