Patents by Inventor Daniel B. Griffith

Daniel B. Griffith 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).

  • Patent number: 8496471
    Abstract: Pilot light gas line connector assemblies and methods for cleaning a pilot light orifice are disclosed herein. An exemplary connector assembly for coupling to a pilot light gas line and cleaning a pilot orifice has a first fitting end, a second fitting end, and a passageway therebetween. The first fitting end is adapted to receive a first end of the pilot light gas line and the second fitting end is adapted to receive a valve capable of directing forced air from a forced air source into the second fitting end. Methods of cleaning a pilot orifice of a pilot light system include removing the pilot light gas line from a gas port and coupling the pilot light gas line to a pilot light gas line connector assembly. Then forced air is directed into the connector assembly and through the pilot light gas line, thereby cleaning the pilot orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel B. Griffith
  • Publication number: 20110275022
    Abstract: Pilot light gas line connector assemblies and methods for cleaning a pilot light orifice are disclosed herein. An exemplary connector assembly for coupling to a pilot light gas line and cleaning a pilot orifice has a first fitting end, a second fitting end, and a passageway therebetween. The first fitting end is adapted to receive a first end of the pilot light gas line and the second fitting end is adapted to receive a valve capable of directing forced air from a forced air source into the second fitting end. Methods of cleaning a pilot orifice of a pilot light system include removing the pilot light gas line from a gas port and coupling the pilot light gas line to a pilot light gas line connector assembly. Then forced air is directed into the connector assembly and through pilot light gas line thereby cleaning the pilot orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel B. Griffith
  • Patent number: 5094015
    Abstract: A product for repairing a clothes dryer lint duct which originally has a base member having a central perforated area at least partially surrounded by an imperforate area. When the central perforated area of the original base member becomes brittle, it is broken away leaving at least a portion of the imperforate area. A product having a new base member having a central perforate area at least partially surrounded by an imperforate area is then attached to the remaining imperforate area of the original base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Inventor: Daniel B. Griffith
  • Patent number: 5056574
    Abstract: A tire chain comprises an elongated inner side member adapted to form a circle of predetermined circumference about a rim of a vehicle wheel at the inner side thereof, the inner side member having co-operable fastener elements at opposite ends thereof which are joined to complete the circle. Cross members form a zig-zag pattern with opposite ends of the pattern adjacent to the fastener elements, respectively. The pattern includes a plurality of spaced inner vertices adjacent to the inner side member and a plurality of spaced outer vertices remote from the inner side member and adapted to be positioned adjacent to the rim at the outer side thereof, with the cross members extending back and forth across the tread of a tire mounted on the rim. The inner vertices are attached to the inner side member at predetermined positions by connectors intermediate the vertices and the inner side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Burns Bros., Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Maresh, Rene J. Martinelli, Daniel B. Griffith, Jack H. Burns, Steven A. Dehne