Patents by Inventor Horace W. Pearce

Horace W. Pearce 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).

  • Obscurant apparatus
    Patent number: H1205
    Abstract: An obscurant apparatus for use in forming a smoke screen. This apparatus ludes a hopper having a space for fluidizing a selective powder, an inlet jet nozzle extending through the hopper into the space, an outlet passage extending through the hopper and surrounding the inlet jet nozzle, spray means connecting to the outlet passage, and a compressed air source connecting to the jet nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Horace W. Pearce, Michael J. Burnham, John P. Schneider
  • Mobile smoke screening system
    Patent number: H1208
    Abstract: A minimum hazard visual screening cloud is formed by vaporizing diesel fuel nside a vehicle exhaust manifold pipe which, upon entering the ambient atmosphere, condenses into an aerosol comprised of small droplets, thereby producing a large sustaining cloud which obscures both the vehicle and the adjacent downwind areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Michael J. Burnham, Horace W. Pearce, William G. Rouse