Patents by Inventor Lloyd T. Clark

Lloyd T. Clark 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: 5343591
    Abstract: An apparatus having utility for cleaning large, non-horizontal surfaces such as walls. A generally planar head is adapted to be oriented in a generally vertical manner during use, such that it will have a top, bottom, two sides, and front and rear surfaces. A fibrous pad is sized to cover a substantial portion of the front surface of the head. The pad is selectively removable from the head; but during use the pad is firmly held against the friction forces that are imposed on it by moving the head across the surface being cleaned. A plurality of reservoirs, a conduit, and a pump are provided for supplying a selected cleaning or rinsing liquid at a controlled rate to the top of the head. A low-pressure chamber adjacent the rear of the head is used to collect arty liquid that: has passed through the fibrous pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Inventor: Lloyd T. Clark
  • Patent number: 4955721
    Abstract: A portable apparatus adapted for use in filling chuck holes in paved surfaces with a sulphur-based material that has been heated to a plasticized condition. The apparatus includes an electrically heated furnace in which an auger is mounted for the purpose of moving a sulphur-based material through the furnace at a controlled rate (e.g., about 2 feet per minute), such that the material will be elevated to a temperature of above 305 degrees Farenheit (the melting point of sulphur) to produce a tenacious filler material. The furnace is heated by tubular resistance heaters that are bent in a spiral fashion around a mandrel, so that they may be placed in intimate contact with the exterior of a tube which constitutes the core of the furnace. The furnace is fed by a hopper that is mounted above the entry point for the auger, so that dry material may be fed--by gravity--into the furnace whenever a gate-valve mechanism is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventors: Lloyd T. Clark, James W. Marshall