Patents by Inventor William Anastos

William Anastos 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: 5549456
    Abstract: A pump control system for adjusting the frequency of operation of a pump motor in accordance with the demand on the pump includes means for periodically actuating the pump motor to initiate operation of the pump at periodic intervals; sensor means for sensing the condition of the operating pump motor; and means responsive to the sensor means for adjusting the periodic interval to conform the operation of the pump motor to demand on the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Rule Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Burrill, William Anastos
  • Patent number: 4970983
    Abstract: A horn for connection to a pressurized fluid container for sounding multiple tones has a horn body defining a sound chamber and at least one tone altering aperture extending through the horn body into the sound chamber, a sound producing mechanism located within the horn body adjacent the sound chamber, and a trigger assembly for actuating the pressurized fluid container for release of pressurized fluid to flow through the sound producing mechanism into the sound chamber to produce a sound. The horn, when the trigger mechanism is actuated, produces sound having a first tone when the tone altering aperture is unobstructed and a second tone when the aperture is obstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Rule Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. LeBlanc, Robert J. Dowding, William Anastos, Max Scholz