Patents by Inventor Bryan T Knowlton

Bryan T Knowlton 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: 9211571
    Abstract: A line set saver (12) has a swab (60) with a wiper (66) for cleaning refrigeration suction and discharge lines. A gas injection port (34) and a line injection port (38) extend through the line set saver (12) to an injector (16) located on a forward end (30). A threaded hole (32) is provided on a rearward end of the gas injection port (34). The line injection port (38) extends from a first side (54) of the line set saver (12) to the gas injection port (34), and a line (42) extends from the first side (54), through the line injection port (38) and from the injector (16). A terminal end of the line (42) is secured to the swab (60). A reel (44) is pivotally mounted to the first side (54) of the line set saver (12) for spooling the line (42) relative to the line injection port (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: Bryan T. Knowlton
  • Patent number: 8893956
    Abstract: A refrigerant slide calculator for determining proper refrigerant charge displays on a single side representations for performance characteristics, measured temperatures and pressures for more than one refrigerant, preferably both R22 and R410a. The slide calculator has an operator a sleeve, with the operator being a card which slidably fits within the sleeve. The operator has superheat data areas and subcooling data areas. The sleeve has different portions defined as a superheat region and a subcooling region, with windows matching the various measured wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures. In the superheat region, vapor pressure windows are provided which correspond to the different refrigerants, and a singular required vapor line temperature is displayed corresponding required superheat. In the subcooling region, a required liquid line temperature window and required subcooling data field are provided along with a liquid pressure window representing two different refrigerants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Bryan T Knowlton