Patents by Inventor Billy Joe Purviance

Billy Joe Purviance 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: 4112617
    Abstract: A device for pressure-injecting a tree-treating liquid solution (such as an antibiotic, nutrient, or the like) into the trunk of a tree; the device comprising, essentially, an elongated, precisely tapered nozzle fixed on, and projecting from, a hand-manipulated carrier designed for use to forcefully thrust the nozzle--in effective jam-fitting and sealing relation--into a pre-drilled bore, of predetermined diameter, in the trunk of the tree, and to later remove the nozzle from such bore; the carrier having a passage therein leading at one end to communication with the nozzle, and means being provided to couple such passage at the other end with a source of the liquid solution delivered in metered quantity under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Inventor: Billy Joe Purviance