Patents by Inventor Douglas Earl Martin

Douglas Earl Martin 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: 4022183
    Abstract: A track system for suspending and guiding the movement of a shield to and from a window-covering position in an oven door for a self-cleaning oven when an oven is to be operated at high temperatures to clean the interior surfaces of the oven and the oven door. A linear motion bearing means is provided to suspend the moveable shield by a first end portion within the oven door where the shield moves along the linear motion bearing means to and from a position which covers and shields a transparent pane in an oven door. A second end portion of the moveable shield opposite the first end portion of the shield is free whereby thermal expansion in the moveable shield is accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: GSW Limited-GSW Limitee
    Inventor: Douglas Earl Martin