Thomas J Ross

US Patent:

49537806, Sep 4, 1990

Filed:

Sep 5, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/402339

Inventors:

Thomas H. Ross - Scottsdale AZ

International Classification:

B42D 1502
B44C 502

US Classification:

229 928

Abstract:

A postcard is entirely covered on one side with adhesive and overlaid with a protective sheet. A weakened line divides the protective sheet into a central portion and a perimetric border portion. In a first application of the invention, the central portion of the protective sheet is removed to expose a space for receiving a photograph of conventional size and the perimetric border portion is left in place to serve as a frame protecting the edges of the photograph. In a second application, both the central portion and the perimetric border portion are removed to expose the entire adhesive-coated surface of the postcard, thus making room for a larger sized photograph.

US Patent:

48460800, Jul 11, 1989

Filed:

May 26, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/199139

Inventors:

Thomas W. Ross - Beaverton OR
Robert B. Hill - Beaverton OR
Byron L. Goodspeed - Kelso WA

Assignee:

Anthony Ross Company - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

F23L 500

US Classification:

1101825

Abstract:

Removable apparatus for regulating air flow through an air port in a chemical recovery furnace. A plenum mounted adjacent an air port inside a wind box associated with the furnace supplies combustion air from the wind box to the furnace through the air port, and an adjustable damper mounted inside the plenum regulates the velocity and quantity of air flowing through the plenum. An access port in the plenum allows viewing of the air port opening through the plenum. An actuating mechanism withdraws the damper from the field of view to a retracted position wherein the damper depends from the top of the plenum chamber spaced apart from the air port opening. For airflow damping, the actuating mechanism moves the retracted damper toward the air port opening until the damper is adjacent to the opening; then a positioning mechanism pivots the damper to a predetermined position in the air stream adjacent the opening. The damper positioning mechanism comprises a spring loaded cylinder that holds the damper by spring tension, when retracted, above the flow of air through the plenum chamber. Upon further compression of the cylinder by the actuating mechanism, the reduced length of the compressed cylinder forces the damper downward into the air stream.

US Patent:

40723976, Feb 7, 1978

Filed:

Aug 4, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/711487

Inventors:

Thomas H. Ross - Phoenix AZ

International Classification:

G02B 508

US Classification:

350 61

Abstract:

A panel has a reflective surface and a back surface. Support means engageable with a shower head holds the panel in a position in which water from the shower head is received against the back surface. Heated water from the shower head, received against the back surface, prevents condensation upon the reflective surface. The panel is movable to a position remote from the stream of water from the shower head for normal bathing activities.