186 patents
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Utility
Trapezoidal power-supply barrier between hazardous and normal locations
17 Aug 20
Apparatus and associated methods relate to providing safe electrical power to electrical equipment operating in a hazardous location.
Peter Dufault
Filed: 10 Apr 19
Utility
Centerfill of lubricant reservoir
3 Aug 20
A centerfill assembly for a lubricant reservoir includes a hollow tube for receiving lubricant from the top of the reservoir and loading the lubricant into the reservoir near the bottom of the reservoir.
John C. Holman, Benjamin J. Paar, Mike V. Atkinson, Brandon T. Gustafson
Filed: 21 Apr 16
Utility
Spray gun and components for spraying paints and other coatings
20 Jul 20
A spray gun includes a valve cartridge configured to be axially installed and removed as a single piece.
Justin G. Johnston, Steve J. Wrobel
Filed: 26 Mar 19
Utility
Diaphragm seal injector
13 Jul 20
A lubricant injector includes a housing and a metering section attached to the housing.
Igor V. Radzyuk
Filed: 28 Apr 16
Utility
Pump transmission carriage assembly
6 Jul 20
A metering pump includes a motor having a motor shaft extending through a drive housing, a carriage assembly disposed around the motor shaft and within the drive housing, a plunger return block mounted to the carriage assembly, a piston disposed along an axis, and a carriage bearing disposed on the motor shaft and within the carriage assembly, slidably coupled to the carriage assembly, and configured to provide a second contact point for maintaining the alignment of the carriage assembly with the axis of the piston.
Derek R. Shaw, John R. Ingebrand, Joseph A. Daniski, Daniel J. Rogers, Corey D. Meyer
Filed: 28 Apr 16
Utility
Solenoid valve for a portable hydraulic power unit
6 Jul 20
A portable hydraulic power unit includes a fluid tank supported on a frame, a first pump configured to draw hydraulic fluid from the tank and a second pump configured to draw hydraulic fluid from the tank.
Charles W. Dawson, Mariusz J. Luczak, Barry W. Mattson, Douglas S. Ryder, Bret A. Deneson, Christopher A. Lins
Filed: 26 Apr 18
Utility
Spray system pressure differential monitoring
22 Jun 20
A control method for a two-component spray system having first and second pumps for separate fluid components includes registering a target spray pressure, registering a material-specific pressure factor margin, sensing an output pressure of the second pump, and identifying a failure condition in the event that the sensed output pressure remains further than the pressure factor margin from the target spray pressure for at least a threshold time.
David L. Fehr, John R. Ingebrand, Dennis J. Van Keulen
Filed: 3 Feb 19
Utility
Modular nozzle having a wear-resistant housing part
1 Jun 20
A nozzle for atomizing coating materials, in particular coating powder, includes a housing, which has an inlet-side opening and an outlet-side opening, and the openings are connected to each other by a passage channel.
Marco Sanwald
Filed: 18 Aug 14
Utility
Plural component proportioner comprising a first pump and a second pump simultaneously driven by a motor connected to the pumps by a yoke assembly comprising a shoe, a tie plate including a slot, and a tie rod
1 Jun 20
A two-component pumping system includes a first pump for pumping a first component, a second pump for pumping a second component, a motor, and a yoke assembly for connecting the motor to the first pump and the second pump and driving them simultaneously.
Dennis J. Van Keulen, Vannareth J. Chum
Filed: 13 Dec 15
Utility
Hose bracket for texture sprayer
1 Jun 20
A peristaltic pump comprises a drive assembly, a hose pump, and a hose bracket.
William M. Blenkush
Filed: 19 Jan 17
Utility
Ground striper pump piston having dual checks
1 Jun 20
A pump for a striping machine includes dual check valves within its piston.
Andrew Nelson, Dennis Dingmann, Mike Flander, James C. Schroeder, Peter Thomassen
Filed: 24 Feb 19
Utility
Material dispense tracking and control
25 May 20
A method for pumping, tracking, and controlling a fluid includes the steps of producing a drive signal for driving a motor of a pump using a controller, driving the motor to pump a fluid based on the drive signal, sending a dispense signal from the controller to a sprayer for dispensing the fluid, determining a work piece count as a function of a work piece signal provided to the controller from the work piece sensor, detecting the position of a rod connected to the motor and the pump using a position sensor, creating a position signal as a function of the position of the rod using the position sensor, sending the position signal to the controller, and determining a volume usage as a function of the position of the rod using the controller.
Mark J. Brudevold, Benjamin R. Godding, Joseph E. Tix, Daniel P. Ross
Filed: 9 Aug 18
Utility
Modular pneumatic well pump system
25 May 20
The present disclosure relates to a modular fluid pump system for configuring a fluid pump in a selected one of first and second configurations.
David D. Simpson, Antonio U. Ramirez
Filed: 15 Jan 18
Utility
Trigger guard and pendant for a portable hydraulic power unit
18 May 20
A trigger guard for a pendant for controlling a hydraulic power unit includes a first prong extending from a front side of a handle of the pendant; a second prong extending from the front side of the handle; a groove disposed between the first prong and the second prong, the groove defined by the first prong, the second prong, and the handle; a first gap disposed between the first prong and a head of the pendant; and a second gap disposed between the second prong and the head.
Charles W. Dawson, Douglas S. Ryder
Filed: 26 Apr 18
Utility
Dispensing meter authorization
11 May 20
A fluid management system includes an authentication device and a fluid dispensing meter, and the fluid dispensing meter includes a processor and a memory.
Bradley G. Kahler, Benjamin J. Paar, Glenn E. Highland, Chad G. Igo
Filed: 21 Mar 18
Utility
Adaptive hot melt feed
27 Apr 20
An adaptive hot melt feed system includes a melt system, a feed system, a gas control device, a sensor, and a controller.
Robert J. Lind, Matthew R. Smith, Nicholas P. Peterson, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark J. Brudevold, Matthew R. Theisen
Filed: 20 Feb 18
Utility
Integrated pump guard and control interlock
27 Apr 20
A paint sprayer includes an end bell, a motor connected to the end bell, a pump drive connected to the end bell, a pair of protrusions attached to an extending from the end bell such that each protrusion is cantilevered from the end bell, and a pump assembly comprising a pair of mounting holes and containing a piston.
Max Carideo, James M. Dalton, Justin G. Johnston, Steve J. Wrobel, Christopher A. Lins
Filed: 10 Jan 17
Utility
Separating powder filter and powder delivery system comprising a separating powder filter
13 Apr 20
The invention relates to a separating powder filter, particularly for supplying different types and/or sorts of powder, as selected, to a powder delivery device.
Hanspeter Michael, Marco Sanwald
Filed: 2 May 16
Utility
Dense phase powder pump and corresponding operating method
30 Mar 20
A method and a dense phase powder pump for conveying coating powder from a first powder reservoir to a second downstream powder reservoir or to a downstream powder spray-coating gun or the like installation for spraying coating powder are disclosed.
Felix Mauchle, Hanspeter Vieli, Hans-Peter Lüthi
Filed: 23 Sep 18
Utility
Fluid management controller
16 Mar 20
A fluid management controller includes a processor, a wireless interface, and a memory.
Benjamin J. Paar, Bradley G. Kahler, Chad G. Igo, Gregory D. Sieckert
Filed: 21 Mar 18