Patents by Inventor Charles E. Wheten

Charles E. Wheten 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: 4317426
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for subjecting articles to a forceful air stream while confined within a tumbling barrel having a perforated peripheral wall. The apparatus comprises pivotally connected shroud members that are adapted to sealingly enclose the barrel, but to leave uncovered a bottom longitudinal portion of the perforated wall. Air is blown into the shroud members about the barrel and flows into the barrel through the perforated wall and thereafter out the barrel through the uncovered wall portion, thereby forcefully flowing over the confined articles to dislodge solution clinging thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Charles E. Wheten