Patents by Inventor Thomas James Slone

Thomas James Slone 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: 4036407
    Abstract: An improved dosing valve for use in beverage dispensers, toilet tank additive dispensers, and the like which dispensers comprise substantially rigid reservoirs. The improved valve comprises an air-lock seal and another seal which may also be an air-lock seal. Dosing valves comprising such air-lock seals are particularly effective for obviating leakage of low viscosity, low surface tension, wetting type products such as toilet tank disinfectants comprising surfactant material. The seals are so disposed that the valve will dispense a metered dose of a liquid product from its associated reservoir each time a moveable component moves from an UP position to a DOWN position, and a dose-volume of air will be vented into the dispenser reservoir each time the moveable component is moved from its DOWN position to its UP position. The moveable member can be moved upwardly either mechanically, or by virtue of being buoyant, and it can be moved downwardly by gravity alone or by gravity supplemented by biasing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Thomas James Slone