168

New designs for Siphons and the mechanisms therein continued to flourish throughout

the forties, fifties, and sixties. Among the many inventors were Millard Weida and

William Kochner, St. Louis, Missouri for Knapp Monarch; Walter Freygang, Essex Falls,

New Jersey with bulbs for Kidde Manufacturing; Philip Alexander, Brooklyn, New York;

Charles Whittaker Roberts, London and Rene Rousset, Wimbledon for Sparklets; and

Ronald Quam, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

Alexander Patent September 28, 1943

Roberts Pat. Feb. 14, 1951

Kochner Patent February 12, 1952

Rousset Pat. March 30, 1960