Ronald Eugene Bailey

US Patent:

7175006, Feb 13, 2007

Filed:

May 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/847478

Inventors:

Ronald S. Plantan - Westlake OH, US
Richard B. Jacobs - Avon Lake OH, US
Anton Schneider - Avon OH, US
Ronald D. Bailey - Elyria OH, US
Robert J. Nechvatal - Columbia Station OH, US

Assignee:

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC - Elyria OH

International Classification:

F16D 65/56

US Classification:

188 729, 188 111 W

Abstract:

For an air-operated disc brake there is provided an internal brake actuator stroke indicator which provides an indication, readily ascertained from outside the brake caliper, of the amount of actuator stroke remaining in a disc brake apparatus before a remaining available actuator stroke limit is reached. In one embodiment, the stroke indicator is a mechanical device, readable through a sight glass in a caliper port, coupled to the brake actuator in a manner which results in rotary motion of the indicator when the brake actuator is displaced through its stroke. Alternatively, the indicator may be a rotary sensor such as an electrical potentiometer coupled to the actuator, where the potentiometer sends an electrical signal indicative of the actuator stroke to an external display, such as a remote actuator stroke display at a vehicle operator's position.

US Patent:

54087040, Apr 25, 1995

Filed:

Sep 9, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/123846

Inventors:

Ronald J. Bailey - Wooster OH
Fred L. Lint - Lakeville OH
James A. Sigler - Perrysville OH
Pamela K. Snyder - Perrysville OH

Assignee:

Sealand Technology, Inc. - Big Prairie OH

International Classification:

E03D 124

US Classification:

4321

Abstract:

A vacuum tank assembly has a low volume configuration so that it can be used in boats and recreational vehicles where space is at a premium. A stack of components, with a waste tank at the bottom, then a vacuum tank with directly connected vacuum pump, and one or more fresh water tanks, is located remote from a vacuum toilet, with a discharge from the toilet (below a vacuum-tight ball valve) connected to the vacuum tank, which is in turn connected to the vacuum pump, in turn connected to the waste tank. A submersible centrifugal pump may be provided mounted to a cap of the water tank, with an anti-siphon device associated with it. The vacuum tank is of high density polypropylene having flat walls, with no continuous flat surface more than 80 square inches. Lipless duckbill check valves are provided on opposite sides of the vacuum pump, the valves of elastomeric material having a ratio of the wall thickness to thickness of the sealing edges of about 1:1. The waste tank may have a dip tube with a dog leg portion having a large cross-sectional are oval bottom opening to minimize the possibility of clogging.

US Patent:

59471468, Sep 7, 1999

Filed:

Jan 30, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/380796

Inventors:

Ronald J. Bailey - Wooster OH
Fred Leroy Lint - Lakeville OH
James A. Sigler - Perrysville OH
Pamela Kay Snyder - Perrysville OH

Assignee:

Sealand Technology, Inc. - Big Prairie OH

International Classification:

B65D 602
E03D 124

US Classification:

137205

Abstract:

A vacuum tank assembly has a low volume configuration so that it can be used in boats and recreational vehicles where space is at a premium. A stack of components, with a waste tank at the bottom, then a vacuum tank with directly connected vacuum pump, and one or more fresh water tanks, is located remote from a vacuum toilet, with a discharge from the toilet (below a vacuum-tight ball valve) connected to the vacuum tank, which is in turn connected to the vacuum pump, in turn connected to the waste tank. A submersible centrifugal pump may be provided mounted to a cap of the water tank, with an anti-siphon device associated with it. The vacuum tank is of high density polypropylene having flat walls, with no continuous flat surface more than 80 square inches. Lipless duckbill check valves are provided on opposite sides of the vacuum pump, the valves of elastomeric material having a ratio of the wall thickness to thickness of the sealing edges of about 1:1. The waste tank may have a dip tube with a dog leg portion having a large cross-sectional are oval bottom opening to minimize the possibility of clogging.