Patents by Inventor Eugene T. Lee

Eugene T. Lee 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).

  • Apparatus for sediment control in oil burner installations
    Patent number: 3976421
    Abstract: This invention relates to oil burner installations which include a storage tank for the oil and a pump for delivering oil from the storage tank to a burner. When the storage tank is refilled with oil, sediment at the bottom of the tank is stirred up and placed in suspension. If the pump is operated while such sediment remains in suspension, the sediment may be drawn into the fuel line. Upon reaching the burner, such sediment may disable the oil burner installation by clogging the burner orifices.By preventing the oil pump from operating for a predetermined period of time after commencing to transfer oil into the oil storage tank, sediment is allowed to settle once again to the bottom of the tank. After the predetermined interval of time has elapsed, the pump and burner are once again permitted to operate, and the system then draws sediment-free oil into the fuel line and thence to the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Inventors: Eugene T. Lee, Leonard J. Box