Patents by Inventor James L. Freers

James L. Freers 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: 9557108
    Abstract: An air delivery apparatus which has a low profile by virtue of an angled/offset air outlet. The apparatus provides superior air delivery performance which is customizable to any application by selection of orifice patterns in an interchangeable nozzle insert, and the flexibility of easily changing the nozzle inserts to suit the application, while maintaining a constant amount of pressurized air energy input. The low profile enables use of the apparatus in applications where space between machinery and products is limited, where other air delivery apparatuses would not fit. Various embodiments of low profile, angled/offset air delivery apparatus are disclosed—including designs with one, two or four exit openings, where the airflow path inside the apparatus turns at a 90 degree angle in order to minimize the height of the apparatus. The single-opening designs include both “left-hand” and “right-hand” models, and the dual-opening designs include both offset and opposed air streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MAXUM LLC
    Inventors: James L. Freers, James M. Pankey
  • Patent number: 9551529
    Abstract: An apparatus that uses an optimized body design incorporating one or more interchangeable nozzle inserts with a wide array of discharge orifice sizes, configurations and spacings to efficiently and effectively deliver a pressurized, high velocity, laminar flow air stream to dry, cool, or clean objects that are either stationary or moving transversely through the optimized air stream developed by the apparatus, all while minimizing the operational downtime required to implement the interchangeable nozzle insert modifications to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: MAXUM LLC
    Inventors: James L. Freers, James M. Pankey
  • Publication number: 20150041003
    Abstract: An air delivery apparatus which has a low profile by virtue of an angled/offset air outlet. The apparatus provides superior air delivery performance which is customizable to any application by selection of orifice patterns in an interchangeable nozzle insert, and the flexibility of easily changing the nozzle inserts to suit the application, while maintaining a constant amount of pressurized air energy input. The low profile enables use of the apparatus in applications where space between machinery and products is limited, where other air delivery apparatuses would not fit. Various embodiments of low profile, angled/offset air delivery apparatus are disclosed—including designs with one, two or four exit openings, where the airflow path inside the apparatus turns at a 90 degree angle in order to minimize the height of the apparatus. The single-opening designs include both “left-hand” and “right-hand” models, and the dual-opening designs include both offset and opposed air streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: James L. Freers, James M. Pankey
  • Publication number: 20140339322
    Abstract: An apparatus that uses an optimized body design incorporating one or more interchangeable nozzle inserts with a wide array of discharge orifice sizes, configurations and spacings to efficiently and effectively deliver a pressurized, high velocity, laminar flow air stream to dry, cool, or clean objects that are either stationary or moving transversely through the optimized air stream developed by the apparatus, all while minimizing the operational downtime required to implement the interchangeable nozzle insert modifications to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: James L. Freers, James M. Pankey
  • Publication number: 20120273070
    Abstract: An apparatus that uses an optimized body design incorporating one or more interchangeable nozzle inserts with a wide array of discharge orifice sizes, configurations and spacings to efficiently and effectively deliver a pressurized, high velocity, laminar flow air stream to dry, cool, or clean objects that are either stationary or moving transversely through the optimized air stream developed by the apparatus, all while minimizing the operational downtime required to implement the interchangeable nozzle insert modifications to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: James L. Freers, James M. Pankey