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).

  • Publication number: 20250235831
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a nozzle housing (86) defining an inner chamber (91) and a mixer (90) disposed within the inner chamber. The nozzle housing includes a nozzle housing and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle receive is configured to connect to a sprayer housing and to receive a first material, a second material, and air. The nozzle orifice is configured to spray a plural component material formed by a mixture of the first material and the second material. The mixer includes a shaft (92), an extension (94), an air channel, and inlet orifice formed in a first end of the shaft, and an outlet orifice formed between the air channel and a surface of the shaft. The extension defines a mixing channel extending between the shaft and the inner surface of the housing and the air channel is defined by an inner surface of the shaft and extends partially axially through the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel P. Ross, Joseph E. Tix, Andrew M. Spiess
  • Patent number: 12228125
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Smith, Nicholas P. Peterson, Joseph E. Tix, Andrew M. Spiess
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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