Patents by Inventor Gary A. Foos

Gary A. Foos 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).

  • Torch operable to position a flow control lever at a plurality of locations on the torch
    Patent number: 7300277
    Abstract: A torch operable to pivotally secure a lever on opposite sides of the torch. The torch may comprise a torch butt, a valve assembly, and a lever. The valve assembly may be operable to control a flow of a fluid through the torch butt. The lever may be selectively securable to a first portion of the torch butt and a second portion of the torch butt. The second portion of the torch butt may be disposed opposite the first portion of the torch butt. The valve assembly may be selectively securable within the torch butt to enable the lever to operate the valve assembly with the lever selected to pivot about the first portion of the torch butt and the second portion of the torch butt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Foos, Robert W. Wakeman, Bruce A. Buhler
  • Torch operable to position a flow control lever at a plurality of locations on the torch and method of assembling same
    Publication number: 20050074715
    Abstract: A torch operable to pivotally secure a lever on opposite sides of the torch. The torch may comprise a torch butt, a valve assembly, and a lever. The valve assembly may be operable to control a flow of a fluid through the torch butt. The lever may be selectively securable to a first portion of the torch butt and a second portion of the torch butt. The second portion of the torch butt may be disposed opposite the first portion of the torch butt. The valve assembly may be selectively securable within the torch butt to enable the lever to operate the valve assembly with the lever selected to pivot about the first portion of the torch butt and the second portion of the torch butt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Gary Foos, Robert Wakeman, Bruce Buhler
  • Compressed gas regulator and flowmeter
    Patent number: 6484750
    Abstract: An integrated regulator and flow meter assembly having a piston reciprocatingly disposed in an opening of a body member, a support member disposed in the body member opening over the piston, and a flow tube coupled to the support member, wherein an aperture of the support member interconnects a flow conduit of the piston and the flow tube. A spring, preferably a wave spring or disc spring, biases the piston away from an orifice with a valve seat formed thereabout on an end portion of the body member opening. In one embodiment, the piston and a seating surface thereof are formed unitarily of a plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Foos, Robert W. Wakeman