Patents by Inventor Harley B. Kaplan

Harley B. Kaplan 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: 5174743
    Abstract: A power fuel oil burner is provided that includes an electrical motor having a double ended shaft. A squirrel-cage blower overlies the motor. A scroll housing includes a scroll wall that overlies and radially surrounds the blades of the blower. A motor mount integral with the scroll housing supports the motor. The scroll housing is an integral die-cast casting. A fuel pump is driven by a second end of the shaft externally of the scroll housing. A mounting member includes an open cylindrical portion and a radial flange portion. The cylindrical portion is received within the air outlet of the scroll housing, and a cylindrical burner tube is received within the cylindrical portion of the mounting member for communication with the air blower. An integral sheet metal stamped flamelock is disposed within the burner tube downstream of the burner means, is cup-shaped and has an annular frusto-conical portion and an annular ring portion extending radially inward from the frusto-conical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Wayne/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: James E. Wellman, Harley B. Kaplan, Warren E. Jarvis
  • Patent number: D349956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Wayne/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: John M. Mulqueen, Harley B. Kaplan, James E. Wellman, Richard J. Ostroski