JOHN SIEBERT THORNE
Pilots at Ybarra Rd, Woodland Hills, CA

4026781, May 31, 1977

Mar 28, 1972

5/238984

Frederick S. Newman - Canoga Park CA
John R. Thorne - Hidden Hills CA
John T. Hartman - Reseda CA

Scionics of California Inc. - Culver City CA

C25B 1502

204228

An anodizing system uses both positive and negative current pulses. Such pulses are adjustable to achieve different adjusted values of positive and negative currents. These values are sensed and used to maintain automatically such values. The ratio of negative current to positive current is preferably greater than 3% for the production of relatively thick, dyeable, hard anodized coatings and conventional (normal) anodic coatings of light shades of integral colors using a simple sulfuric acid bath which may be maintained at relatively high temperatures. Current may be applied at nearly full current density initially without burning. In some cases, additional means may be provided to increase the throwing power by eliminating the negative current and using means such as capacitors or inductors to prolong the decay of the positive pulses, preferably such that the then composite positive pulses are maintained above a zero value. These composite positive pulses are maintained in a ratio and wave shape which yields both good throwing power and high quality, even coatings, and produces the anodic coatings at relatively high current densities.

5195499, Mar 23, 1993

Jan 24, 1992

7/825474

John S. Thorne - Woodland Hills CA

F41J 918

124 1

A device for launching a plastic, saucer-shaped game disc is disclosed which spins such a saucer-shaped game disc up to a high rotational rate, and then discharges the rotating saucer-shaped game disc from the apparatus in a generally upward direction. The device uses a drive wheel and a spring-biased idler wheel to retain the inner rim of a saucer-shaped game disc thereon, whereby the saucer-shaped game disc may be accelerated to a desired rotational speed. The device then uses a foot pedal-actuated rod bearing on the bottom of the center of the saucer-shaped game disc to propel it upwardly, from which launching the disc may be used to perform various free-style maneuvers.