Patents by Inventor Gerald Zink

Gerald Zink 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).

  • Camera skid tractor nozzle assembly
    Patent number: 9699361
    Abstract: A camera skid and thrust nozzle assembly for supporting a camera while being positioned in a tubular pipe or conduit spaced from any wall of the conduit and permitting movement of the assembly along the conduit. The assembly includes a cage rotatably fastened to a high pressure fluid tractor nozzle, wherein the cage can rotate about an axis through the tractor nozzle. A camera support structure is fastened within the cage for rotation of the support structure about the axis independent of rotation of the cage. The camera support structure has a weight attached thereto for urging rotational orientation of the camera support structure within the cage according to a sensed external gravitational force on the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: STONEAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Zink, Rawlin Brown
  • CAMERA SKID TRACTOR NOZZLE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20160381258
    Abstract: A camera skid and thrust nozzle assembly for supporting a camera while being positioned in a tubular pipe or conduit spaced from any wall of the conduit and permitting movement of the assembly along the conduit. The assembly includes a cage rotatably fastened to a high pressure fluid tractor nozzle, wherein the cage can rotate about an axis through the tractor nozzle. A camera support structure is fastened within the cage for rotation of the support structure about the axis independent of rotation of the cage. The camera support structure has a weight attached thereto for urging rotational orientation of the camera support structure within the cage according to a sensed external gravitational force on the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Gerald Zink, Rawlin Brown
  • Camera skid tractor nozzle assembly
    Patent number: 9467601
    Abstract: A camera skid and thrust nozzle assembly for supporting a camera while being positioned in a tubular pipe or conduit spaced. from any wall of the conduit and permitting movement of the assembly along the conduit. The assembly includes a cage rotatably fastened to a high pressure fluid tractor nozzle, wherein the cage can rotate about an axis through the tractor nozzle. A camera support structure is fastened within the cage for rotation of the support structure about the axis independent of rotation of the cage. The camera support structure has a weight attached thereto for urging rotational orientation of the camera support structure within the cage according to a sensed external gravitational force on the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Stoneage, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Zink, Rawlin Brown
  • CAMERA SKID TRACTOR NOZZLE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20140285656
    Abstract: A camera skid and thrust nozzle assembly for supporting a camera while being positioned in a tubular pipe or conduit spaced. from any wall of the conduit and permitting movement of the assembly along the conduit. The assembly includes a cage rotatably fastened to a high pressure fluid tractor nozzle, wherein the cage can rotate about an axis through the tractor nozzle. A camera support structure is fastened within the cage for rotation of the support structure about the axis independent of rotation of the cage. The camera support structure has a weight attached thereto for urging rotational orientation of the camera support structure within the cage according to a sensed external gravitational force on the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: STONEAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Zink, Rawlin Brown