WILLIAM EDWARD JACOB HOLDEN
Social Work in Pittsburgh, PA

5611151, Mar 18, 1997

Jun 10, 1994

8/259750

William L. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Busch Co. - Pittsburgh PA

F26B 700

34395

Apparatus for supplying treatment gas, such as for cooling, heating, wiping or drying is provided by a gas handling unit which has a body portion for receipt and discharge of the gas and a plurality of elongated nozzles which may be (a) rigid nozzles, or (b) flexible nozzles which assume a substantially rigid projecting position when gas is flowing through the nozzle and a collapsed retracted or partially collapsed position when gas is not flowing. The unit may discharge gas in more than one direction. Certain preferred arrangements of nozzles are provided. The nozzles preferably have an inlet portion which is of greater cross-sectional area than the outlet portion and may have an inlet portion which is generally cylindrical cooperating with a generally conical outer discharge portion. In a preferred embodiment, the gas treatment apparatus may be employed in cooling metal coils. An associated method is provided.

5697169, Dec 16, 1997

Nov 12, 1996

8/748137

William L. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Busch Co. - Pittsburgh PA

F26B 700

34393

Apparatus for cooling strip includes a path of travel for the strip and cooling apparatus having a plurality of elongated gas nozzles within which are disposed water nozzles such that the water nozzles will have a discharge outlet within the gas nozzles and discharge water in generally the same direction as said gas discharge. In a preferred embodiment, the gas enshrouds the water and establishes a cocurrent two-fluid stream which impinges upon the strip moving by the cooling apparatus. Subsequently, heat transfer is enhanced by the air and water dynamics which are provided after impingement by fluid flow fields. The gas nozzles and water nozzles may be coaxial and in one embodiment are each circular. In one embodiment, containment gas is caused to impinge on the strip at a position longitudinally displaced from the regions of impingement of the cocurrent two-fluid stream on the strip so as to resist undesired flow of water. A preferred use of the cooling system of the present invention is in connection with metal strips, such as galvanized metal strips.

5667285, Sep 16, 1997

Jul 28, 1995

8/508808

Viswanath Seetharaman - Anderson IN
Dale Lee Baldauf - Pendleton IN
Donald Edward Schenk - Vandalia OH
William Vincent Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

B60T 836

3031162

A pressure control solenoid based vehicle braking system utilizes intensifiers to permit the hydraulic control components to operate at lower pressures. A method of selectively locking the intensifiers in position is provided. Unique pressure regulators provide predictable control of load pressure and are isolated in the system by a combination of enable valves and the locking method.

5201132, Apr 13, 1993

Apr 26, 1991

7/691708

William L. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Busch Co. - Pittsburgh PA

F26B 700

34 13

Apparatus for cooling, heating, wiping, or drying a strip such as a metal strip has either a first cooling unit employed alone or first and second cooling units disposed in relative spaced relationship with a path therebetween for movement of the strip. Each air handling unit has a hollow body portion and a plurality of elongated projecting gas discharge nozzles. The first and second air handling units respectively discharge gas on the surfaces of opposite sides of the strip and also serve to define a spent gas exhaust region. The system may also be employed to resist undesired strip instability. An associated method is provided.

5577854, Nov 26, 1996

May 15, 1995

8/441508

William V. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA
Jerry L. Newton - Richmond IN
Harold G. Brilmyer - Grosse Pointe MI
James L. Luttinen - Brighton MI

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

F16D 100, B25G 310

403 2

A single shear joint is provided which includes a conical ferrule establishing a nesting means of engagement with controlled embedment between a link and a mating component.