Patents by Inventor Dale A. Pulver
Dale A. Pulver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10329749Abstract: The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance. The fitting includes a spray face. The spray face includes nozzles. The nozzles are operable to deliver water from the spray face in the form of a spray. The spray includes streamlets. An average unbroken length of the streamlets is greater than approximately two inches at a flow rate of approximately thirty-seven thousandths gallons per minute.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Mark S. Kacik, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 10161119Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20180334787Abstract: The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance. The fitting includes a spray face. The spray face includes nozzles. The nozzles are operable to deliver water from the spray face in the form of a spray. The spray includes streamlets. An average unbroken length of the streamlets is greater than approximately two inches at a flow rate of approximately thirty-seven thousandths gallons per minute.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Mark S. Kacik, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 10036145Abstract: The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance. The fitting includes a spray face. The spray face includes nozzles. The nozzles are operable to deliver water from the spray face in the form of a spray. The spray includes streamlets. A velocity of the spray is greater than approximately two-hundred fifty inches per second at a flowing pressure of approximately sixty pounds per square inch.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Mark S. Kacik, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20170260719Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20170260720Abstract: The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Mark S. Kacik, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 9670655Abstract: The present invention provides a valve assembly for a faucet that provides a rigid mounting for valve bodies.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Michael L. Fry, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 9663925Abstract: The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance. The fitting includes a spray face. The spray face includes nozzles. The nozzles are operable to deliver water from the spray face in the form of a spray. The spray includes streamlets. A velocity of the spray from each of the streamlets is greater than approximately two-hundred fifty inches per second at a flowing pressure of approximately sixty pounds per square inch. In exemplary embodiments, each of the streamlets has a substantially uniform width along an entire length of the streamlet, an average unbroken length of the streamlets is greater than approximately two inches at a flow rate of approximately thirty-seven thousandths gallons per minute, and a splash created from the spray is less than approximately twenty percent at approximately one and a half gallons per minute.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Mark S. Kacik, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 9574332Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20160333554Abstract: The present invention provides a valve assembly for a faucet that provides a rigid mounting for valve bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Michael L. Fry, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20150191901Abstract: The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Mark S. Kacik, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20140246107Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 8720489Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20130263937Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 8240326Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet including structure to ensure components of the faucet are properly and securely assembled together. In one embodiment, the faucet includes a valve body, a mounting tube, and a hose retainer. The valve body is operable to receive at least a portion of a cartridge assembly and to connect to at least two hoses. The mounting tube is operable to mount the faucet to a surface, to receive at least a portion of the valve body, and to connect to at least two hoses. The hose retainer is operable to interface between the valve body and the mounting tube and to connect to at least two hoses. The valve body, the mounting tube, the hose retainer, and the hoses include structure to ensure that the valve body, the mounting tube, the hose retainer, and the hoses are properly and securely assembled together.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Mark S. Kacik, Sanjeev S. Moghe, Dale A. Pulver
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Patent number: 7896024Abstract: A sillcock for supplying varying amounts of water at various temperatures includes a backpressure relief valve for relieving backpressure in the sillcock. The sillcock includes a sillcock tube and a valve body attached to the sillcock tube. A cartridge assembly is provided in the valve body, and an actuation assembly extends through the sillcock tube. The actuation assembly cooperates with the cartridge assembly to control the volume and temperature of water exiting the sillcock according to the axial and rotational movements of a knob. The backpressure relief valve includes a deformable member operable to allow water to be expelled from the sillcock if backpressure is present.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Yaakov Korb, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20100326553Abstract: The present invention provides a faucet including structure to ensure components of the faucet are properly and securely assembled together. In one embodiment, the faucet includes a valve body, a mounting tube, and a hose retainer. The valve body is operable to receive at least a portion of a cartridge assembly and to connect to at least two hoses. The mounting tube is operable to mount the faucet to a surface, to receive at least a portion of the valve body, and to connect to at least two hoses. The hose retainer is operable to interface between the valve body and the mounting tube and to connect to at least two hoses. The valve body, the mounting tube, the hose retainer, and the hoses include structure to ensure that the valve body, the mounting tube, the hose retainer, and the hoses are properly and securely assembled together.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Mark S. Kacik, Sanjeev S. Moghe, Dale A. Pulver
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Publication number: 20070193627Abstract: A sillcock for supplying varying amounts of water at various temperatures includes a backpressure relief valve for relieving backpressure in the sillcock. The sillcock includes a sillcock tube and a valve body attached to the sillcock tube. A cartridge assembly is provided in the valve body, and an actuation assembly extends through the sillcock tube. The actuation assembly cooperates with the cartridge assembly to control the volume and temperature of water exiting the sillcock according to the axial and rotational movements of a knob. The backpressure relief valve includes a deformable member operable to allow water to be expelled from the sillcock if backpressure is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Yaakov Korb, Dale Pulver
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Publication number: 20070193626Abstract: A sillcock for supplying various amounts of water at various temperatures includes a retainer for positioning a cartridge assembly in a sillcock. The sillcock includes a sillcock tube and a valve body attached to the sillcock tube. A cartridge assembly is provided in the valve body, and an actuation assembly extends through the sillcock tube. The actuation assembly cooperates with the cartridge assembly to control the volume and temperature of water exiting the sillcock according to the axial and rotational movements of a knob. The retainer is operable to detachably interface with the cartridge assembly and, thus, allows the cartridge assembly and other components of the sillcock to be removed from the sillcock from the exterior of a building.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Dale Pulver, Todd Spiegelberg
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Patent number: 6425635Abstract: A wheelchair is provided, having a recline mechanism for the chair back and wherein the seat is repositioned forward in response to recline to reposition the user's weight relative to the supporting wheels. The chair is also independently equipped with a weight-shifting tilt mechanism. Moreover, a bilateral tracking mechanism (i.e., controlled motion is transmitted to both sides) is used to reposition the seat. This avoids torque due to uneven loading of the chair. Back canes of the chair and/or brackets on the chair back are slotted to enable infinite adjustment of chair arms, ventilator trays, and other accessories.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1999Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Invacare CorporationInventor: Dale Pulver