Patents by Inventor Charles Spencer Toft

Charles Spencer Toft 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: 20230356161
    Abstract: A system is provided. The system includes one or more of a fuel media supply, coupled to a media supply injection valve and a fuel media supply flow meter, configured to provide unodorized fuel media, an odorant supply, configured to provide pressurized odorant and coupled to each of a first actuator to allow odorant flow at a first pressure, a second actuator to allow odorant flow at a second pressure, and a manual ball valve, a mixture receiver, coupled to the fuel media supply, each of the first and second actuators, and a manual flow metering valve, configured to receive odorized fuel media comprising a mixture of the unodorized fuel media and regulated pressurized odorant, and a control system, configured to initiate production of the mixture, adjust the mixture with the first and second actuators, in response to the mixture does not include a desired concentration of the odorant and terminate production of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: GPL Odorizers LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Charles Stang, Charles Spencer Toft, Preston Tyler Bender Marcoux
  • Patent number: 11712672
    Abstract: A system is provided. The system includes one or more of a fuel media supply, coupled to a fuel media supply flow meter, configured to provide unodorized fuel media, an odorant supply, configured to provide odorant, coupled to a first actuator, configured to allow odorant flow at a first pressure when enabled and a second actuator, configured to allow odorant flow at a second pressure lower than the first pressure when enabled, a mixture receiver, coupled to the fuel media supply and the first and second actuators, configured to receive odorized fuel media comprising a mixture of the unodorized fuel media and the odorant and a control system, configured to initiate production of the mixture, adjust the mixture with the first and second actuators, in response to the mixture does not include a desired concentration of the odorant and terminate production of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GPL Odorizers LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Charles Stang, Charles Spencer Toft, Preston Tyler Bender Marcoux
  • Patent number: 11123678
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes one or more of a container, filtration media, and a vacuum apparatus. The container includes a first hole in a first end of the container and a second hole in a second end of the container opposite the first end. The filtration media is disposed within the container, and is configured to absorb an odor present in inlet air. The vacuum apparatus is coupled to the first hole, and is configured to pull inlet air through the filtration media from the second hole and provide filtered air to the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Adrian Charles Stang, Charles Spencer Toft
  • Publication number: 20210252450
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes one or more of a container, filtration media, and a vacuum apparatus. The container includes a first hole in a first end of the container and a second hole in a second end of the container opposite the first end. The filtration media is disposed within the container, and is configured to absorb an odor present in inlet air. The vacuum apparatus is coupled to the first hole, and is configured to pull inlet air through the filtration media from the second hole and provide filtered air to the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: GPL Odorizers LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Charles Stang, Charles Spencer Toft