Patents by Inventor Clayton G. Mekelburg

Clayton G. Mekelburg 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: 4263693
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner head especially useful for removing loose and partially embedded gravel and similar particulates from roofs and other surfaces, having a nozzle supported slightly out of contact with the surface being cleaned, by a peripheral glide shoe, shielded jets for introducing high velocity fluid into the nozzle, adjustable vents for introducing ambient air into the nozzle, and adjustments for the nozzle height and jet direction and height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Inventor: Clayton G. Mekelburg
  • Patent number: 4162149
    Abstract: An enclosed portable container for gravel and dust in a vacuum cleaning system, provided with at least two cyclone air cleaners, having a clean out door, and each cyclone is provided with its own clean out door, is skid mounted for pick up and carry to dumping areas, reducing the handling of collected dirt, gravel and dust. The separate air pump assembly provides motivating power for the vacuum cleaning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Inventor: Clayton G. Mekelburg
  • Patent number: 3955236
    Abstract: An airtight container, having two separated compartments, including an inlet to the first compartment and a flexible, gravel pick-up tube attached to the inlet. A cyclone separator is mounted on the second compartment with its separated particle outlet discharging into the second compartment. A connecting conduit connects the outlet of the first compartment with the inlet of the cyclone, so that the first compartment is a separator for gravel and dust and the second compartment is a dust container for the cyclone. A separate, high capacity air pump has its inlet connected to the cyclone's clean air outlet causing a flow of air through the unit for picking up gravel and dust through the flexible tube. For convenience the containers may be mounted on a truck, and both containers are unloaded through a common, sealable gate at the lower portion of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: Richard W. Burt, Jr.
    Inventor: Clayton G. Mekelburg