Patents by Inventor Don E. Gonzales

Don E. Gonzales 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).

  • Rotating head with elastomeric member rotating assembly
    Patent number: 5409073
    Abstract: A rotating head having a bowl assembly and a rotating assembly disposed in a bowl opening formed in the bowl assembly. The rotating assembly consists of an elastomeric member having a bearing wall formed thereon bearingly engaging a portion of the bowl assembly for bearingly supporting the elastomeric member in the bowl assembly. The elastomeric member sealingly engages a portion of the bowl assembly for forming a seal between the rotating assembly and the bowl assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: The Sydco System
    Inventor: Don E. Gonzales
  • Rotating head with elastomeric member rotating assembly
    Patent number: 5322137
    Abstract: A rotating head having a bowl assembly and a rotating assembly disposed in a bowl opening formed in the bowl assembly. The rotating assembly consists of an elastomeric member having a bearing wall formed thereon bearingly engaging a portion of the bowl assembly for bearingly supporting the elastomeric member in the bowl assembly. The elastomeric member sealingly engages a portion of the bowl assembly for forming a seal between the rotating assembly and the bowl assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: The SydCo System
    Inventor: Don E. Gonzales
  • Rotating head
    Patent number: 5137084
    Abstract: A rotating head having a bowl assembly and a rotating assembly disposed in a bowl opening formed in the bowl assembly. The rotating assembly comprises and elastomeric member and a rotating bushing. The rotating bushing is connected to an outer peripheral surface of the elastomeric member. The rotating bushing bearingly contacts a portion of the bowl assembly during the operation of the rotating head wherein the elastomeric member and the rotating bushing are rotated and the elastomeric member sealingly engages a portion of the bowl assembly for forming a seal between the rotating assembly and the bowl assembly. The rotating assembly is removable from the bowl assembly and can be replaced with another rotating assembly thereby simultaneously replacing the elastomeric member and the rotating bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: The Sydco System, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Gonzales, Robert M. Bearden
  • Lid adapter for use with a rotating head
    Patent number: 4560001
    Abstract: An improved rotating head having an inner barrel disposed within and rotatingly supported on an outer barrel wherein an elastomeric member is connected to the inner barrel via bolts and a kelly is extendable through the inner barrel and through the elastomeric member, the elastomeric member sealingly engaging the kelly, and wherein a lid is connected to the elastomeric member encompassing the bolts connecting the elastomeric member to the inner barrel for retaining said bolts in the event any of said bolts become inadvertently unthreaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Inventor: Don E. Gonzales