Patents by Inventor Jerry Wayne Thurber, Jr.

Jerry Wayne Thurber, Jr. 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).

  • Fluidic spa nozzle
    Patent number: 6904626
    Abstract: There is disclosed a fluidic spa tub nozzle having a fluidic oscillator with diverging sidewalls and a cooperating mode-change member for changing the mode from an oscillatory swept jet mode to a straight jet mode and positions thereinbetween. The fluidic oscillator has an inertance loop formed by groove plates secured to the top and bottom walls of the fluidic oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Bowles Fluidics Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Hester, Steven Crockett, Jerry Wayne Thurber, Jr., Keith Schloer
  • Spa nozzles with air entrainment
    Patent number: 6575386
    Abstract: An air entrainment spa nozzle having a jet of water which passes over an air entrainment port with the air entrainment port having a downstream structure which enhances the air entrainment. In one embodiment, the air enhancement structure is a ramp which extends in a downstream direction from the air entrainment port. In another embodiment, the air entrainment port projects or protrudes into the jet of water by a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Bowles Fluidics Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Thurber, Jr., Keith Schloer