Patents by Inventor Colen S. Smith

Colen S. Smith 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: 4116368
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a clog-free grout emplacement gun particularly adapted for use in coal or similar mines for retaining roof bolts in bore holes, and includes a first conduit for conveying a gaseous medium along a first path, a second conduit for conveying grout material along a second path, a mixing chamber for admixing the gaseous medium and the grout material, a passage for directing the admixed gaseous medium and grout material along a third path toward and beyond a discharge orifice of a nozzle toward a predetermined point, a tube for directing a liquid medium along a fourth path paralleling the third path outwardly of the discharge nozzle, and a control device for controlling the flow of the media and material to effect admixture thereof at a point beyond the orifice of the discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior
    Inventor: Colen S. Smith