Patents by Inventor Andrew Johnke

Andrew Johnke 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: 6561183
    Abstract: A fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly for facilitating the performance of maintenance on the heater assembly. The fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly includes a support frame and a heater assembly mounted on the support frame. The heater assembly comprises a combustion chamber and a burner apparatus for burning fuel in the combustion chamber. The heater assembly is pivotally mounted on the support frame for permitting pivoting of the heater assembly in a substantially vertical plane with respect to the support frame such that the heater assembly is pivotable between an operational position and a maintenance position. The operational position is characterized by a central axis of the combustion chamber being oriented in a substantially vertical direction and the maintenance position is characterized by the central axis being rotated from the substantially vertical direction toward a generally horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Sioux Steam Cleaner Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Spilde, Andrew Johnke
  • Patent number: 6435174
    Abstract: A spiral fluid heater coil system for facilitating drainage of fluid from the heater and increasing the efficiency of transferring heat to a fluid. The spiral fluid heater coil system includes a heater assembly including a combustion chamber having a chamber perimeter wall defining a chamber interior. The chamber perimeter wall has an upper end and a lower end, with the upper end of the chamber perimeter wall defining an opening into the chamber interior. The heater assembly includes a burner apparatus for burning fuel and expelling heat into the chamber interior of the combustion chamber, with the burner apparatus being positioned adjacent the lower end of the chamber perimeter wall for directing heat upwardly in the chamber interior toward the upper end of the chamber perimeter wall. The heating assembly includes a heating conduit for moving fluid through the heater housing to heat the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Siout Steam Cleaner Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Spilde, John W. Finger, Andrew Johnke