Charles W Schmidt

US Patent:

55027423, Mar 26, 1996

Filed:

Feb 26, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/023354

Inventors:

Charles Kellogg - Warrington PA
Charles Schmidt - Meadowbrook PA

Assignee:

Abar Ipsen Industries, Inc. - Bensalem PA

International Classification:

F27B 502
F27B 516

US Classification:

373128

Abstract:

A heat treating furnace has a hot zone enclosure with a substantially rectangular cross section. The floor of the hot zone enclosure is formed such that it is removable independently of the remainder of the hot zone enclosure. The heat treating furnace has a heating element with a novel support element that is readily mounted on and removed from the hot zone enclosure and which adjusts to accommodate a wide range of heating element thicknesses and insulation shield thicknesses. The electrically insulating components of the support element are formed to resist electrical shorting resulting from metallization and to resist cracking from thermally induced stress. The heat treating furnace further includes a cooling gas injection nozzle formed to reduce turbulence in the injected gas stream and to be readily attached to or removed from the hot zone enclosure. The gas injection nozzle is preferably formed of a ceramic material and is mounted in an opening in the hot zone enclosure by a very coarse, light-bulb-like, thread formed in the body of the gas nozzle.

US Patent:

D3460207, Apr 12, 1994

Filed:

Oct 29, 1992

Appl. No.:

D/000931

Inventors:

Charles Kellogg - Warrington PA
Charles Schmidt - Meadowbrook PA

Assignee:

Abar Ipsen Industries, Inc. - Bensalem PA

US Classification:

D23387

US Patent:

59276649, Jul 27, 1999

Filed:

Dec 9, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/352513

Inventors:

Charles J. Schmidt - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

F16M 1100

US Classification:

2481761

Abstract:

A static support device and associated method used to position tilt-in windows into an orientation that is ergonomically efficient for washing. The static support device includes an adjustable elongated member that is held in a vertical orientation by a free standing stand. A cross member is pivotably coupled to the top of the elongated member, wherein the cross member can be locked into an orientation that is generally perpendicular to the vertically supported elongated member. As a result, the overall static support device can assume a free standing T-shaped configuration. The static support device is positioned adjacent to a tilt-in window, whereby the sashes of the window can be tilted to a point where the sash rests upon the cross member. The cross member is padded to prevent damage to the sash. Furthermore, the slip stop elements extend upward from the cross member that engage the frame of the sash.