Patents by Inventor Donald A. Smith
Donald A. 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).
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Patent number: 5452923Abstract: There is described a method and apparatus for connecting the end of coiled tubing to a downhole tool string, comprising a first tubular housing having a first uphole and a second downhole end and a bore formed therethrough for a length of coiled tubing, a second tubular housing adapted for releasable connection to the downhole end of the first housing, the second housing having a first uphole and a second downhole end and a bore formed therethrough for receiving the length of coiled tubing at least partially into the second housing, slips adapted to at least partially surround the coiled tubing and having on an inner surface thereof raised projections for penetrating a contiguous surface of the coiled tubing for connection thereto, the slips additionally including connectors to interlock with cooperating connectors on the second housing for a non-rotatable torque transmitting connection therebetween, and a force transmitting member disposed between the slips and the first housing to maintain the slips in compType: GrantFiled: June 28, 1994Date of Patent: September 26, 1995Assignee: Canadian Fracmaster Ltd.Inventor: Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 5419399Abstract: There is described an improved method and apparatus for releasably connecting one part of a tool string to another, comprising a tubular housing having an uphole and a downhole end, a piston slidably disposed within the tubular housing for longitudinal movement therein between a first position and a second downstream position, the piston having a sealable bore formed therethrough for passage of a pressurized fluid, first connectors for releasably maintaining the piston in the first position thereof prior to sealing of the bore in the piston, a tubular bottom sub having an uphole end for concentric connection to the downhole end of the tubular housing, and a downhole end adapted for connection to a tool string and second connectors for releasably connecting the tubular housing to the bottom sub to normally prevent axial separation therebetween, wherein the piston, upon sealing of the bore to block the passage of pressurized fluid therethrough and in response to the pressure of the fluid then acting on the pistType: GrantFiled: June 28, 1994Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: Canadian Fracmaster Ltd.Inventor: Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 5342164Abstract: A method of collecting mixed trash and recyclable waste separated from the mixed trash from several pick up locations and transporting the same to their respective delivery destinations. A conventional garbage truck and a recyclable waste collection vehicle are parked at a central location. A motorized satellite vehicle with a mixed trash bin and a recyclable waste bin is driven from one pick up location to another, and mixed trash and recyclable waste at the pick up locations are loaded manually into appropriate bins on the satellite vehicle. The satellite vehicle is driven to the parked garbage truck and the parked recyclable waste collection vehicle where the bins are unloaded. The garbage truck and the recyclable waste collection vehicle can be driven to final delivery destinations for the mixed trash and the recyclable waste, respectively. The method also contemplates using the bins of the satellite vehicle for collecting two segregated waste types.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1993Date of Patent: August 30, 1994Assignee: Expert Disposal Service, Inc.Inventors: Russell C. Kinney, Donald C. Kinney, Lyle Paullin, Richard Paullin, Jeffrey W. Parrott, Donald Smith
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Patent number: 5340387Abstract: Color transforming art medium compositions are disclosed herein useful in both the fine and industrial art fields. Spectrally transforming ink and paint compositions comprising one or more spectral elements mixed in a 3% to 50% ratio by volume with a pigmented ink or paint art vehicle. The spectral elements comprising various types of ceramic colorant agents. The art medium composition produced is then applied to the surface of a suitable substrate, such as metal, glass or paper. The substrate and composition is then heated or fired at a relatively high temperature during which the substrate and ink or paint composition undergo partial or complete oxidation.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1992Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Inventor: Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 5252020Abstract: A collection system of recyclable waste includes one or more central vehicles loaded by one or more satellite vehicles all which segregate recyclable materials from non-recyclable materials. The central vehicles are loaded through openings matched to the bins on the satellite vehicles, the latter which may dump their contents along different axes, permitting the bins to be sized flexibly to the openings of the central vehicle and allowing the waste to be loaded and unloaded with a minimum of labor and with reduced risk of commingling. The axis of dumping of the bins and the placement of the receiving openings of the collecting vehicles allow efficient unloading of the segregated material without interference from traffic or unnecessary manual operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1991Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: Expert Disposal Service, Inc.Inventors: Russell C. Kinney, Donald C. Kinney, Lyle Paullin, Richard Paullin, Jeffrey W. Parrott, Donald Smith
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Patent number: 5247710Abstract: An automatic sensor system for detecting and adjusting a level of contents held within a reservoir is disclosed. The system has a sensor probe having a probe housing with opposing ends, an interior cavity that opens through one housing end, and a constantly open air vent aperture piercing the housing proximate the other housing end, included within the housing are lower and upper level detection contacts that communicate information about the detected level to a circuit that signals for a contents delivery source to send additional contents when needed.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1992Date of Patent: September 28, 1993Inventors: Jan Carder, Donald Smith, Richard Jones
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Patent number: 5030112Abstract: A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined configuration lockingly engaged within a corresponding aperture of the base for transmitting electrical information therethrough. The wire pins, which are of circular cross section are formed to have a generally U-shaped portion which permits the pins to be held in place in the electrical insulating body of the chip carrier in a snap-locking manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1990Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: Barnes Group, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, William H. Carter, Howard E. Dingfelder, Dale L. Burgess, Alan B. Gates
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Patent number: 4928378Abstract: A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined configuration lockingly engaged within a corresponding aperture of the base for transmitting electrical information therethrough. A method for making such connectors by aligning the base with a wire feed device, advancing one end of a wire from the wire feed device on one side of the base through an aperture in the base to the opposite side of the base, forming a predetermined configuration of the wire end, retracting the formed wire into the aperture to lockingly engage said formed wire end therein, cutting the wire to form a pin locked in the aperture, and repeating the previous steps to form a pin in each aperture of the base. Also, an apparatus for carrying out this method to manufacture the desired connectors.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1989Date of Patent: May 29, 1990Assignee: Barnes Group Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, William H. Carter, Howard E. Dingfelder, Dale L. Burgess, Alan B. Gates
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Patent number: 4879808Abstract: A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined configuration lockingly engaged within a corresponding aperture of the base for transmitting electrical information therethrough. A method for making such connectors by aligning the base with a wire feed device, advancing one end of a wire from the wire feed device on one side of the base through an aperture in the base to the opposite side of the base, forming a predetermined configuration of the wire end, retracting the formed wire into the aperture to lockingly engage said formed wire end therein, cutting the wire to form a pin locked in the aperture, and repeating the previous steps to form a pin in each aperture of the base. Also, an apparatus for carrying out this method to manufacture the desired connectors.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1988Date of Patent: November 14, 1989Assignee: Barnes Group Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, William H. Carter, Howard E. Dingfelder, Dale L. Burgess, Alan B. Gates
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Patent number: 4688965Abstract: An improved extendable screed for paving non-coplanar road surfaces with a screed having discontinuous strike plate portions which can be adjusted to define two planes of road surface. The screed is divided into two portions, each comprised of two parts reversibly held together with bolts. The portions may be lengthened by insertion of an extension section in one or both portions. A support system is provided which will allow the support arms of the screed and the pulling vehicle to be connected even though the extended screed is wider than the tractor. The screed and associated support system may be used in a method for paving non-coplanar roads by orienting the screed division-line in line with the center-line of the crown of the road while the center-line of the tractor, corresponding to the center-line of the screw-augers which distribute the paving material to the screed, is oriented with the center-line of the screed, so the augers more evenly draw paving material from each of the paver feeders.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1986Date of Patent: August 25, 1987Assignee: Barber-Greene Co.Inventors: Donald Smith, George Goehst
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Patent number: 4562966Abstract: An atomizer (14) for producing a finely dispersed spray (16) of a solid-liquid slurry (18) includes a mixing body (22) having an internal mixing chamber (28) and a spray outlet passage (30). The flow cross-section of the mixing chamber (28) is elongated in shape, with an atomizing medium inlet passage (24) for injecting an atomizing medium (20) into the mixing chamber (28) co-linearly with the spray outlet passage (30). The slurry inlet passage (26) injects the slurry (18) into the mixing chamber (28) at an angle (32) oblique to the flow of atomizing medium and perpendicular to the mixing chamber flow cross-section elongation.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1983Date of Patent: January 7, 1986Assignee: Canadian Patents and Development Limited/Societe Canadienne des Brevets et d'Exploitation LimiteeInventors: Donald A. Smith, Richard C. LaFlesh
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Patent number: 4413935Abstract: A flow splitter for dividing a single stream of pulverulent material entrained in air into a multiplicity of substantially equal substreams for delivery to a multiplicity of receiving stations.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1981Date of Patent: November 8, 1983Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, Gary F. Lexa
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Patent number: 4391561Abstract: A pump for feeding granular material into a pressurized zone having a feed screw (14) located within a cylinder (12). The cylinder is tapered (34) at its discharge end, and the outside diameter of the flights (32) is also tapered (43). The clearance (38) of the tapered flights is significantly greater than the clearance (40) of the non-tapered flights.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1981Date of Patent: July 5, 1983Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, Bruce M. Pote
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Patent number: 4347427Abstract: A submerged arc welding gun includes a housing having a bore extending therethrough. The housing includes a welding nozzle defining one end. Welding wire is directed through the bore of the housing to said nozzle. A flux tube is also disposed within the bore in spaced relation to the welding wire for delivering flux from a source thereof to the nozzle. The flux tube terminates substantially adjacent to the nozzle. The flux tube is connected to a source of pressure for feeding the flux through the tube to the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1980Date of Patent: August 31, 1982Assignee: Elliott Turbomachinery Co., Inc.Inventors: Dennis R. Gentilo, Donald A. Smith, David L. Pifer
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Patent number: 4342177Abstract: A prefabricated steel frame building structural system which is assembled with nuts and bolts and required no shop welding or site fabrication. The columns and beams in the building are fabricated from lengths of very high strength, light gauge, stiffened C-channel steel stock. Uniquely designed haunch plates and haunch plate stiffener angles are used for column-beam connections and novel ridge plates and ridge plate stiffener angles are used for beam-beam connections to form the two hinged end wall and intermediate frames for the building. Also used are novel corner girt clips for securing the girts to the corner columns; rake purlin angles for securing purlins to the rake beams; and purlin girt clips for securing purlins to the intermediate beams and for securing girts to the intermediate columns. Each of the mentioned components are designed so that they may be used interchangeably at both the left and right sides of the building, there being no specially designed left and right said components.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1979Date of Patent: August 3, 1982Inventor: Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 4241673Abstract: Pulverized coal is ignited, to furnish energy for warm-up or low load operation of a coal burning furnace, by a technique which does not require the combustion of significant quantities of liquid or gaseous fuels. The direct ignition of pulverized coal in accordance with the present invention contemplates the delivery of a dense phase coal/air stream to an ignition zone where it receives ignition energy and the thus ignited mixture is thereafter contained in a recirculation region until the flame becomes self-sustaining.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1979Date of Patent: December 30, 1980Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, Martin E. Smirlock
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Patent number: 4228747Abstract: An electrical discharge is controlled in such a manner as to permit its use to reliably ignite a fuel stream consisting of pulverized coal entrained in air. The ignition technique of the present invention creates expanding and contracting plasma pockets at a rate which is high compared to the velocity of the fuel stream and permits the ignition of the fuel stream in a cold furnace and/or without supplemental combustion of liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon fuels.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1979Date of Patent: October 21, 1980Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Martin E. Smirlock, Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 4221174Abstract: A method of direct ignition of pulverized coal to furnish energy for warm-up or low load operation of a coal burning furnace comprises forming a fuel stream consisting of a mixture of pulverized coal and air, the fuel stream having an air to coal ratio and/or a flow velocity which fluctuates. The fluctuating fluid stream is introduced into a combustion area where the coal is ignited by an energy source. The fluctuation of the air to coal ratio and/or the fluctuation of the flow speed provide for the air to coal ratio and/or the flow speed to be swept through a range of values which includes the optimum conditions for ignition.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1978Date of Patent: September 9, 1980Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Donald A. Smith, Richard C. LaFlesh
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Patent number: 4127237Abstract: A bowl mill for pulverizing coal, wherein two bowl surfaces are rotated on the same shaft. The raw crushed coal is pulverized in one of the bowls, and the pulverized coal therefrom is then transported in an air stream to a classifier from where the fines are carried on to the ultimate point of use, and the more coarse particles are discharged into the second bowl for further grinding.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1977Date of Patent: November 28, 1978Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Arun K. Mehta, Donald A. Smith
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Patent number: 4078402Abstract: An attachment having a knitting machine including at least two toothed members slidable in relationship to one another such that when the teeth are aligned yarn receiving openings are presented and on sliding the members relative to one another yarns within the yarn receiving openings are gripped by adjacent teeth.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1977Date of Patent: March 14, 1978Assignee: I.W.S. Nominee Company LimitedInventors: Donald Smith, Geoffrey Darnborough