Patents by Inventor Andrew M. Spiess

Andrew M. Spiess 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).

  • LUBRICATION AND FLUSHING OF A FLUID SEAL USED WITH REACTIVE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20220412340
    Abstract: A pump system includes a housing, a lubricant system, and control circuitry. The housing includes a pump chamber defined by the housing and a throat seal. The lubricant system includes a lubricant pump, a lubricant gallery defined within the housing of the main pump, and a lubricant circuit fluidly connecting the lubricant pump and the lubricant gallery. The throat seal is disposed adjacent to and between the pump chamber and the lubricant gallery. The control circuitry is configured to cause the lubricant pump to pump a purge volume of lubricant through the lubricant system, cause the lubricant pump to stop pumping for a first time period after the lubricant pump has pumped the purge volume, and cause the lubricant pump to pump the purge volume of lubricant through the lubricant system after the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew R. Smith, Nicholas P. Peterson, Joseph E. Tix, Andrew M. Spiess
  • Pour spout adapter assembly for pumping system
    Patent number: 9810361
    Abstract: A pour spout adapter comprises a housing, a collar and a threaded engagement. The housing has a sealed bore for receiving a tube. The collar has an internal bore coupled to the housing at a rotatable connection so as to permit a tube to extend from the sealed bore through the collar. The threaded engagement is disposed on the internal bore to receive a threaded pour spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Christopher J. Pellin, Mark T. Weinberger, Andrew M. Spiess
  • POUR SPOUT ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR PUMPING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140124050
    Abstract: A pour spout adapter comprises a housing, a collar and a threaded engagement. The housing has a sealed bore for receiving a tube. The collar has an internal bore coupled to the housing at a rotatable connection so as to permit a tube to extend from the sealed bore through the collar. The threaded engagement is disposed on the internal bore to receive a threaded pour spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Christopher J. Pellin, Mark T. Weinberger, Andrew M. Spiess
  • Portable plural component proportioner
    Patent number: D662516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Pellin, Joseph E. Tix, Mark T. Weinberger, Andrew M. Spiess
  • Adhesive melter
    Patent number: D696322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Ross, Joseph E. Tix, Nicholas K. Studt, Matthew R. Theisen, Andrew M. Spiess, Bryce J. Gapinski, James A. Lingenfelter
  • Protective coatings sprayer
    Patent number: D769414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Roden, Roman S. Kopylov, Brian R. Hendrickson, Andrew M. Spiess