Patents by Inventor Virgil F. Petersen

Virgil F. Petersen 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: 4064898
    Abstract: A completely self-contained portable apparatus that is easily carried scrubs contamination from a sealed container and charges the scrubbed container with inert gas. A housing for the apparatus carries a reservoir for the gas, a service line for supplying gas from the reservoir to the container, valves, and pneumatic logic for controlling the valves. One of the valves selectively supplies gas from the reservoir to the line or vents the line in response to a pneumatic signal derived by the logic means which is powered by gas in the reservoir. The logic means sequentially derives a preselected number of the pneumatic signals so that contamination in the container is scrubbed by the sequential flow of the gas into and out of the container through the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: Cincinnati Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Virgil F. Petersen, Willard L. Skirvin