Gerald Allen Lowe

US Patent:

44635176, Aug 7, 1984

Filed:

Dec 20, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/450925

Inventors:

Douglas S. Kerr - Ashland OH
Gerald A. Lowe - Ashland OH

Assignee:

The National Latex Products Company - Ashland OH

International Classification:

G10D 1308

US Classification:

446421

Abstract:

A noisemaker formed of molded plastic material having a central body portion with a projection extending from one end thereof and preferably a pair of paddle portions each having a projection extending from an end thereof, with the paddle portions being disposed on opposite sides of the body portion, with the paddle portions including flexible hinge sections adapted for providing for pivotal movement of the paddle portions relative to the body portion, and a separate handle member having a recess receiving therein the projections on the body and paddle portions to hold such portions in generally adjacent relation, with means for locking the handle member to the body and the paddle portions. The paddle portions are adapted to pivot into and out of impacting relation to the body portion upon shaking of the noisemaker by the handle member, thus creating a hand-produced rhythmic-like noise.

US Patent:

54391997, Aug 8, 1995

Filed:

Dec 20, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/170582

Inventors:

Michael Briggs - Ashland OH
Gerald A. Lowe - Ashland OH
Rick C. Geething - Ashland OH
Patrick Wagonfield - Hamilton OH
John S. Zach - Cleveland OH

Assignee:

The National Latex Products Company - Ashland OH

International Classification:

F16K 324

US Classification:

251320

Abstract:

A valve selectively dispenses noncompressible fluid from a pressurized source into a receptacle. The valve has a body with a valve spool slidingly retained in a hollow cylinder in the body. The ends of the body are communicated by an internal channel, the first end adapted to engage the source and the second end adapted to engage the receptacle. The hollow cylinder is an intermediate part of the internal channel. The valve spool has first and second enlarged portions that effectively divide the hollow cylinder into first and second noncommunicated chambers. When the valve spool is in a closed position, the first end is communicated only with the first chamber and the pressure of the fluid in the first chamber provides an outward biasing force on the valve spool, keeping it in the closed position. When the valve spool is moved to an open position by application of an external force on the valve spool overcoming the outward biasing force, the first end is communicated with both the first chamber and the second chamber, which has a link with the second end, allowing fluid flow through the valve. Release of the external applied force allows the pressure of the fluid in the first chamber to restore the valve spool to the closed position.