Patents by Inventor Otto Swogger

Otto Swogger 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).

  • Mechanically sealed adjustable gas nozzle
    Publication number: 20050167530
    Abstract: An adjustable gas nozzle has a nozzle body including a passageway therethrough opening into a first orifice at one end and an internal sealing surface adjacent thereto. A threaded internal surface is formed at a second end of the nozzle body. A conduit connected to a source of gas at one end having external threads adjacent a second end is threadably receivable within the second end of the nozzle body and is moveable between the first and second alternative positions relative to the nozzle body. Integral radial ribs are formed externally about the conduit between the external threads and the second end of the conduit and are engageable with the internal surface of said nozzle body between the sealing surface and the threads. The radial ribs on the exterior of the conduit have a larger diameter than the internal diameter of the interior wall of the nozzle body and is of a harder material so that deformation occurs in the wall resulting in a tight seal when the nozzle and the conduit are coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Ward, Otto Swogger
  • Conduit connector and method
    Patent number: 6877779
    Abstract: A conduit connection joint is formed to connect a tube and a fitting body in fluid tight relation. The joint is made by axially compressing the tube in a bore in the fitting body so as to cause formation of an outwardly extending tube bead and at least one inwardly extending tube bead. The engagement of the fitting body and the tube may be further strengthened by a retaining ridge. The retaining ridge may be formed in the fitting body to engage the outwardly extending tube bead to further hold the fitting body and tube in engaged relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Universal Tubular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rita Kerr, Otto Swogger, Shawn Westrick, John Schoonyan Jr., David Culler, Ralph G. Ridenour, Dennis Kerr
  • Conduit connector and method
    Publication number: 20010030422
    Abstract: A conduit connection joint is formed to connect a tube and a fitting body in fluid tight relation. The joint is made by axially compressing the tube in a bore in the fitting body so as to cause formation of an outwardly extending tube bead and at least one inwardly extending tube bead. The engagement of the fitting body and the tube may be further strengthened by a retaining ridge. The retaining ridge may be formed in the fitting body to engage the outwardly extending tube bead to further hold the fitting body and tube in engaged relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Applicant: Universal Tubular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Kerr, Otto Swogger, Shawn Westrick, John Schoonyan, David Culler, Ralph G. Ridenour