Ralph E Thomas

US Patent:

6874658, Apr 5, 2005

Filed:

May 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/431093

Inventors:

Ralph H. Thomas - Clark NJ, US
Thomas J. Duncan - Toms River NJ, US
William J. Weber - Kinnelon NJ, US

International Classification:

B65D035/22

US Classification:

222 94, 222213, 222494

Abstract:

The invention discloses and claims five different embodiments of a plural chambered dispensing tube assembly that prevents products separated by tube chambers from mixing prior to being dispensed by providing a seal at the dispensing end. The seal is an integral part of the tube assembly.

US Patent:

41973682, Apr 8, 1980

Filed:

Oct 16, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/951369

Inventors:

Stanley M. Davis - Princeton NJ
Ralph E. Thomas - Yardley PA
Philip Bernstein - Glen Ridge NJ

Assignee:

ESB Technology Company - Yardley PA

International Classification:

H01M 456

US Classification:

429225

Abstract:

A lead acid battery plate is disclosed wherein sodium silicate is added to the paste mix before the grids are pasted to reduce the tendency to create lead dust from handling of the plates without significantly reducing battery performance.

US Patent:

41779398, Dec 11, 1979

Filed:

Jul 22, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/817958

Inventors:

Ralph H. Thomas - Clark NJ

Assignee:

Bristol-Myers Company - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 132

US Classification:

222153

Abstract:

In a squeeze bottle including a container having an upstanding neck portion and a spray unit in the neck portion through which product is dispensed from the container, the improvement comprising bellowed portions in the walls of the container and a compressible shroud surrounding the container walls. The shroud is formed of two sections, which are joined by a mating groove and bead arrangement on their edges and which substantially overlap each other when a squeezing pressure is applied to the shroud and a predetermined resistance of the groove and bead arrangement is overcome, so that the shroud sections compress the bellowed container walls and product is dispensed.

US Patent:

42482275, Feb 3, 1981

Filed:

May 14, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/038989

Inventors:

Ralph H. Thomas - Clark NJ

Assignee:

Bristol-Myers Company - New York NY

International Classification:

A61M 100

US Classification:

128232

Abstract:

A flexible unit dispensing device for a fluid comprising a squeezable hollow bulb portion and a cylindrical nozzle. The internal diameter of the nozzle is no smaller than 0. 120 inches and the length of nozzle being such as to reach to the area of the rectal columns when the device is inserted in the anal canal.