Patents by Inventor Larry J. Chernoff

Larry J. Chernoff 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: 8142651
    Abstract: A tank has a side wall bounded by a top and a bottom. An axis extends vertically through the tank. An inlet line for water of a first condition extends through the top with a lower end at a lower extent of the tank. An outlet line for water of a second condition has a lower end within an intermediate extent of the tank. A dispenser at the lower end of the water inlet line has apertured legs extending radially within the tank. An oscillator within the tank above the dispenser is operatively coupled to the inlet line for mixing all of the water of a first condition entering the tank through the inlet line while thereafter forwarding all of the mixed water of a first condition to the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Inventor: Larry J. Chernoff
  • Patent number: 8123196
    Abstract: A fluid chamber couples cylindrical input and output lines. The chamber has a closed lower end and an open upper end. A closure plate covers the upper end. The plate has a primary and secondary slots. A finger assembly has primary and secondary fingers. The fingers extend through the slots with upper ends of the fingers above the chamber and lower ends within the chamber. A block, fabricated of elastomeric material, couples the fingers at intermediate extents of the fingers. The block is positioned upon the closure plate. The elastomeric material covers the lower ends of the fingers. An aperture has a spacer. The aperture is formed in the lower end of the primary finger in axial alignment with the output line. A drive mechanism moves the upper ends of the fingers to pivot the lower ends of the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Larry J. Chernoff
  • Patent number: 8007163
    Abstract: A mixer body has an interior bore and an exterior surface. The exterior surface has first and third stages and an intermediate second stage. The mixer body forms a support ring. The second stage has threads. The third stage has holes. Pins are secured to the support ring. A turbine is rotatably coupled to each pin. The disk has arcuate ends and cut away sections. A cylinder has first and third stages and an intermediate second stage. The cylinder has an input end with a large opening for receiving a pipe. The cylinder has an output end with a discharge opening. The second stage of the cylinder has threads coupled to the mixer body. The third stage of the cylinder supports the turbines and the disk. When the mixing body and cylinder are threaded together, they form a chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventor: Larry J. Chernoff
  • Patent number: 8007669
    Abstract: A housing has a cylindrical side wall with lower and upper ends. The housing has a cylindrical chamber with an enlarged upper region. A basket is positioned within the chamber supported at the lower end of the housing. A filter has a central cylinder and outwardly extending filtering surfaces. The central cylinder is provided coaxial with the side wall. A stationary cap is attached to the upper end of the housing. The stationary cap has an upper end with a threaded aperture. The stationary cap has input and exit passages. A filter cap has a threaded exterior surface removably received in the threaded aperture. A flow discharge passage has a lower end positioned within the filter. The flow discharge passage has an upper end coupled to the exit passage. An annular flow cavity is provided between the flow discharge passage and the exit passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventor: Larry J. Chernoff
  • Publication number: 20100300961
    Abstract: A mixer body has an interior bore and an exterior surface. The exterior surface has first and third stages and an intermediate second stage. The mixer body forms a support ring. The second stage has threads. The third stage has holes. Pins are secured to the support ring. A turbine is rotatably coupled to each pin. The disk has arcuate ends and cut away sections. A cylinder has first and third stages and an intermediate second stage. The cylinder has an input end with a large opening for receiving a pipe. The cylinder has an output end with a discharge opening. The second stage of the cylinder has threads coupled to the mixer body. The third stage of the cylinder supports the turbines and the disk. When the mixing body and cylinder are threaded together, they form a chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: LARRY J. CHERNOFF
  • Publication number: 20100206795
    Abstract: A generally cylindrical hub with a vertical axis has a bottom and a top and a side wall. The side wall has a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial extending minor cavities. The top has an axial aperture forming a major cavity. A vertically extending hollow cylindrical tube has a lower end received by and supported by the axial aperture. A plurality of generally cylindrical hollow arms extend radially in a common horizontal plane. Each cylindrical arm has a closed exterior end and an interior end received by and supported by an associated radial minor cavity. Each cylindrical arm has a plurality of rows of perforations for the flow of a fluid through the cylindrical tube, the hub, the arms and the rows of perforations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Larry J. Chernoff