Bruce M Platusich

US Patent:

7766031, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Oct 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/552248

Inventors:

Bruce M. Platusich - Lewisburg PA, US
Henry J. Zawada - Venice FL, US

Assignee:

Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC - Hazelwood MO

International Classification:

F16T 1/34

US Classification:

137177, 13762546

Abstract:

A valve system for collection and removal of condensation from a gas-pressurized fluid system. In one embodiment a single valve is used, having inlet, outlet and condensate collection ports and a valve body capable of movement between a position which connects the inlet port to the condensate collection port and a position which connects the condensate collection port to the outlet port. The valve is formed such that the inlet port is not connected to the outlet port while the valve is moved between the two positions, so that the pressurized system is not depressurized. A second embodiment uses two coupled valves replacing the single valve.

US Patent:

20020140172, Oct 3, 2002

Filed:

Mar 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/820883

Inventors:

Bruce Platusich - Warwick RI, US

International Classification:

F16L021/02

US Classification:

277/314000

Abstract:

An elastomeric sealing gasket for a pipe or other fluid tight coupling is protected from degradation by incorporating a chelating or antioxidant compound in the sealing gasket material during manufacture or applied as a coating after manufacture but before installation in the ground.

US Patent:

20090194992, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Feb 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/025952

Inventors:

Zbigniew Bochenek - Burbank IL, US
Bruce M. Platusich - Lewisburg PA, US
James R. Richter - Lincolnshire IL, US
James David Clauss - Frankfort IL, US

International Classification:

F16L 51/00
F16L 3/00

US Classification:

285 61, 248 49

Abstract:

A compensation system for use with a divided pipe having a pair of open ends and being supported at first and second spaced apart points which are moveable relative to one another. A loop member attaches to the open ends of the pipe and is supported by a support system. The loop member includes a bend causing the loop member to extend away from the pipe, the loop member being flexible enough to accommodate a movement between the open ends of the pipe. The support system includes a flexible support having a first end secured to move with the first point and a second end secured move with the second point. Also, a support connection is provided at the loop member for engagement by the flexible support between the two ends to permit movement of the loop member relative to the pipe, the support connection permitting movement of the flexible support relative to the tubing.

US Patent:

20100258201, Oct 14, 2010

Filed:

Jun 24, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/822946

Inventors:

Bruce M. Platusich - Lewisburg PA, US
Henry J. Zawada - Venice FL, US

International Classification:

F16T 1/38
A62C 35/62

US Classification:

137178

Abstract:

A valve system for collection and removal of condensation from a gas-pressurized fluid system. In one embodiment a single valve is used, having inlet, outlet and condensate collection ports and a valve body capable of movement between a position which connects the inlet port to the condensate collection port and a position which connects the condensate collection port to the outlet port. The valve is formed such that the inlet port is not connected to the outlet port while the valve is moved between the two positions, so that the pressurized system is not depressurized. A second embodiment uses two coupled valves replacing the single valve.

US Patent:

6196039, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

Jul 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/363922

Inventors:

James O. Williams - Marlborough MA
Bruce M. Platusich - Warwick RI
Sandra M. Lippka - Warwick RI

Assignee:

Anvil International, Inc. - Portsmouth NH

International Classification:

B21D 1704

US Classification:

72105

Abstract:

Groove rollers, which are for use with a roll grooving device for forming a groove in an outer surface of a pipe near an end of the pipe, include an outside roller and an inside roller. The outside roller has a peripheral surface that includes a first protrusion configured to form the groove, and a second protrusion having a surface configured to inhibit flaring of the end of the pipe when forming the groove. The inside roller has a peripheral surface that includes a notch configured to receive the first protrusion, and may have a second notch configured to receive the second protrusion. A pipe abutment surface against which the end of the pipe is positioned when forming the groove is formed on one of the inside or outside rollers. In another feature, the outside roller includes a first aligning element and the inside roller includes a second aligning element configured to interact with the first aligning element to align the outside and inside rollers when forming the groove.

US Patent:

20180229927, Aug 16, 2018

Filed:

Aug 5, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/751024

Inventors:

- Carnegie PA, US
Bruce M. Platusich - Lewisburg PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 88/70
F23J 3/06
B65G 53/04
B65G 53/52
F16K 7/06

Abstract:

An apparatus for distributing gases and, optionally, liquids into a control valve includes a collar and a plurality of gas distribution devices. The collar includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, an inner bore formed through a central portion of the first side and the second side, an outer edge positioned between the first side and the second side and which defines an outer perimeter of the collar, an inner edge positioned between the first side and the second side and which extends around the inner bore to define an inside perimeter of the collar, and a plurality of passages that extend through the outer edge and inner edge without penetrating the first and second sides. The plurality of gas distribution devices are mounted into the passages of the collar.

US Patent:

20180066785, Mar 8, 2018

Filed:

Sep 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/696517

Inventors:

- Carnegie PA, US
Bruce M. Platusich - Lewisburg PA, US

International Classification:

F16L 55/053

Abstract:

A valve system includes: a valve; a hydraulic cylinder attached to at least a portion of the valve; and at least a first accumulator in fluid communication with the hydraulic cylinder. The first accumulator includes: (i) a first end having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; (ii) a second end having a gas inlet; and (iii) a body positioned between the first end and the second end and which includes a fluid chamber and a gas chamber separated by a flexible separating member. The hydraulic cylinder is configured to close the valve in response to pressure provided by fluid distributed from the first accumulator.