Patents by Inventor Lester A. Beatty

Lester A. Beatty 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for introducing pulverulent material into a tire
    Patent number: 5386857
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for introducing pulverulent material into a tire through a tire valve stem is performed by confining a predetermined amount of pulverulent material in a cylindrical chamber having axially spaced and radially offset inlets and outlets, subjecting the confined pulverulent material to pressurized air which is transformed into a cyclonic air current within the chamber by the radially offset inlet and outlet, and introducing admixed air/pulverulent material from the chamber into a tire through its associated tire valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: International Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Fogal, Sr., Lester A. Beatty