Quotables
"Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever."
Thomas Edison ; 1889
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40441 | Pivoting fluid conduit joint and one-way brake A pivoting joint with a ball and socket joined by trunnions for use in fluid conduits, particularly firefighting devices such as portable monitors and the like. The pivoting joint can be used on an inlet of the device to provide a pivoting motion for one or more inl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7243864 | Radio controlled liquid monitor A radio controlled liquid monitor, capable of rotation about a vertical axis through an infinite arc is disclosed. A rotatable body is rotatably mounted onto a base element for rotation about a vertical axis, and a discharge elbow is rotatably mounted on the rotatab... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7156323 | Portable spray rack A spray rack suitable for testing a window in a building includes a plurality of spray bars and at least one stand-off leg. The plurality of spray bars each include at least one nozzle for spraying fluid. The at least one stand-off leg is coupled with the plurality ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7082716 | Rollable watering tube A devise for watering vegetation has a cylindrical tube that can be laid flat and rolled up. The tube has a watertight seal about 2 to about 6 inches from each end, which leaves a flap at each end. The flaps can be attached to stakes that can be driven into the grou... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6932099 | Configurable valve-electrical box for underground conduit system to distribute water to landscaping An improved landscape watering system is provided that simplifies the installation and maintenance of multiple underground water control valves, that permits the on-site configuration of valve-electrical boxes, that limits egress of insects and other living creature... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6832734 | Media discharge device A media discharge device includes a support member, a telescoping device supported by the support member, and a media discharge port provided at a first end of the telescoping device. The telescoping device is supported via a joint structure that allows the telescop... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6745957 | Fire hose nozzle comprising a safety device to prevent it from being displaced through the action of the water supplying it A fire hose nozzle includes a safety device to prevent the nozzle from being displaced due to the action of the water supplied to the nozzle. The safety device includes a tubular body and a butterfly disc with two coaxial trunnions pivotally mounted on the body. The... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6354320 | Acceleration sensitive shut off valve for firefighting equipment A firefighting monitor having an acceleration sensitive shut off valve that responds to acceleration of the monitor to reduce water flow through the monitor. The acceleration sensitive shut off valve is self-contained and requires no contact with an exter... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6302335 | Lawn sprinkler system A lawn sprinkler system is provided for receiving fluid from a fluid source and distributing the fluid over an area. The lawn sprinkler system includes multiple lawn sprinklers for distributing fluid over corresponding portions of the area. Stake assembli... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5593092 | Monitor with safety valve Apparatus including a monitor and a portable ground base comprising a liquid-carrying conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is adapted to receive a liquid (such as water) from a supply, and the outlet end is attached to the intake o... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5232160 | Multiple-outlet irrigation device and regulator A pressure reducer positioned in the lower portion of a housing reduces the inlet pressure of a source of irrigation water. The lower pressure liquid is ducted to a plurality of conduits, and the flow of water through these conduits is adjustable by indiv... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5033716 | Electromagnetic fuel injector An electromagnetic fuel injector is equipped with a flat valve seat. The injector features a parallel hydraulic guidance system for the armature which is obtained by suitably disposed hydraulic damping gaps. In addition, a method of manufacturing said hyd... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4085895 | Adjustable spray device A simple, two-part adjustable spray device is disclosed, the device consisting of a tubular member within which is a cylindrical insert member. At its inner end, the insert member includes a chamber in selective communication with both the inlet portion o... | 04/25/1978 |
