Stephen C Reif

US Patent:

D687517, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

Oct 11, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/434253

Inventors:

Terry L. Lautzenheiser - Nunica MI, US
Karen J. VanderKooi - Walkerville MI, US
Shangfu Ma - Xiamen, CN
Stephen Carl Reif - Tarpon Springs FL, US

Assignee:

Access Business Group International LLC - Ada MI

International Classification:

2301

US Classification:

D23238

US Patent:

D690795, Oct 1, 2013

Filed:

Sep 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/433026

Inventors:

Stephen Carl Reif - Tarpon Springs FL, US

Assignee:

Paragon Water Systems, Inc. - Clearwater FL

International Classification:

2301

US Classification:

D23209

US Patent:

20050006311, Jan 13, 2005

Filed:

Jul 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/615859

Inventors:

Stephen Reif - Gages Lake IL, US

International Classification:

C02F001/42

US Classification:

210670000, 210085000, 210190000

Abstract:

A water softening method and corresponding apparatus in which a determination is made whether a valid regeneration in an operational cycle has occurred, including the steps of providing a reference cell in a water tank and a spaced sensing cell in the water tank, sensing the impedance difference of the solution in the water tank between the reference cell and the sensor cell, if the impedance difference is one of a first, a second and a third state, determining whether a maximum rinse timer has timed out, if the maximum rinse timer has timed out, determining whether the maximum time limit was a preset time period, if the preset time period was reached, then triggering an alarm signal indicating that a valid regeneration did not occur.

US Patent:

48219274, Apr 18, 1989

Filed:

Mar 16, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/026005

Inventors:

Gary Paulsen - Geneva IL
Lawrence E. Thomas - Carol Stream IL
Stephen C. Reif - Naperville IL
Wade R. Brown - St. Charles IL

Assignee:

Spraying Systems Co. - Wheaton IL

International Classification:

G01F 1106

US Classification:

222263

Abstract:

A gun is provided for repeatedly dispensing precisely metered quantities of liquid from a pressurized source. The gun includes a valve spool axially slidable within a valve chamber and having at least first and second blocking members for blocking the inlet and outlet ports of the valve chamber. An actuating member associated with the gun is responsive to a unidirectional force to impart relative axial sliding movement of the blocking members in the valve chamber. The relative axial sliding movement of the blocking members sequences the valve spool through a series of positions including the following: (1) a first position that blocks the outlet port of the valve chamber, while permitting the flow of pressurized liquid into a metering chamber of the gun, (2) a second position for stopping the flow of pressurized liquid by simultaneously blocking both the input and output ports of the valve chamber, and (3) a third position that blocks the inlet port of the valve chamber, while permitting communication between the liquid contained in the metering chamber and a discharge nozzle of the gun.

US Patent:

46605983, Apr 28, 1987

Filed:

Jan 13, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/818210

Inventors:

Ted Butterfield - Naperville IL
Stephen C. Reif - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Spraying Systems Co. - Wheaton IL

International Classification:

F16K 3112

US Classification:

137510

Abstract:

An improved diaphragm-type antidrip valve including a valve body defining an annular valve chamber having a fluid inlet and an axial fluid outlet defined by a centrally located valve tube with a diaphragm element having its peripheral portion held in sealing engagement against the outer end of the valve chamber by an end cap and its front face disposed for sealing engagement with the open end of the valve tube, wherein the diaphragm is formed with a centrally located button projecting axially from its rear face and received and radially supported in a socket in a valve follower slidably mounted in the end cap and biased towards closed position by a compression spring and the end cap including an annular contoured ramp presenting a concave seat adjacent the effective outer periphery of the diaphragm for radially and axially supporting the diaphragm in its open position.

US Patent:

58629874, Jan 26, 1999

Filed:

Apr 18, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/844301

Inventors:

Stephen C. Reif - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Spraying Systems Co. - Wheaton IL

International Classification:

B05B 1506

US Classification:

239209

Abstract:

A header fabricated of a lightweight non-metallic material includes a pair of opposed ears which are adapted for sliding mated engagement within a channel support. The header includes reinforced ribs which present relatively planar surfaces with spaced openings that accommodate a plurality of spray nozzles.