Patents by Inventor James A. Mann

James A. Mann 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: 7000782
    Abstract: An inline backwash, flushing filter assembly comprising a header assembly, a rotatable valve assembly, and a filter element assembly disposed within a filter housing assembly. In operation, the controller moves the turn knob of the rotatable valve assembly a one-quarter turn which results in the reversal of fluid flow through the assembly to periodically back flush the filter utilizing fluid from the system inlet. Debris removed from the filter element during the backwash process are immediately discharged from the system through a drain port. Simultaneously, the hydraulic shearing mechanism of the backwash process dislodges and drains debris which may have accumulated on the screen and at the bottom of the lower filter assembly during normal filter operations. The controller then returns the filter assembly to filtration operation by a reverse one-quarter turn of the turn knob of the rotatable valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Dosmatic Usa, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank A. Walton, James A. Mann, James E. Williams
  • Publication number: 20030042392
    Abstract: A fogging unit includes a flexible belt mount looped around a motor bracket on a motor and hooked to means for suspending the motor from a support frame. The fogging unit also includes a motor with an impeller attached to a shaft driven by the motor. A bracket is mounted to a motor housing of the motor, and a flexible belt is secured intermediate the bracket and motor housing, and extends above the bracket for attaching the fogging unit to an overhead oscillator or frame structure. A baffle is mounted to a back end of the motor housing in spaced relation to the motor housing to inhibit water from passing through the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: James A. Mann
  • Patent number: 5628488
    Abstract: A flexible isolation mount for suspending a motor unit having a motor housing and a mounting bracket attached to the housing to reduce the sound and vibration of the motor. A mounting base is bolted to the bracket securing a flexible belt intermediate the mounting block and bracket. The belt has two loops that extend beyond the periphery of the mounting base and are folded over the base to form a flexible handle. A hook means attached to a support frame engages the flexible handle for an isolation mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventor: James A. Mann
  • Patent number: 5431613
    Abstract: A treadmill which includes a generally rectangular frame defining a walking plane, said frame having laterally disposed parallel trending side rails (18); a drive roller, said drive roller having walls defining a hollow cylinder; a free roller (10), said free roller (10) having walls defining a hollow cylinder, the walls of said drive and said free rollers (10) each having an annular groove (38) in the outer walls (36) thereof, the groove (38) located closer to an end of said rollers (10) than the longitudinal center line of said frame; shaft (12) for mounting said rollers (10) between said rails (18) and in generally perpendicular relation; an endless belt (20) of flexible material having an outer walking surface and an inner surface, the inner surface having an inwardly projecting alignment ridge (44) mating with said grooves (38) of said rollers (10) to allow a substantially flush fit of said rollers (10) against said belt (20) and to prevent said endless belt (20) from wandering on said rollers (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: JAS Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Singleton, James A. Mann
  • Patent number: 5320589
    Abstract: A treadmill which includes a generally rectangular frame defining a walking plane, said frame having laterally disposed parallel trending side rails (18); a drive roller, said drive roller having walls defining a hollow cylinder; a free roller (10), said free roller (10) having walls defining a hollow cylinder, the walls of said drive and said free rollers (10) each having an annular groove (38) in the outer walls (36) thereof, the groove (38) located closer to an end of said rollers (10) than the longitudinal center line of said frame; shaft (12) for mounting said rollers (10) between said rails (18) and in generally perpendicular relation; an endless belt (20) of flexible material having an outer walking surface and an inner surface, the inner surface having an inwardly projecting alignment ridge (44) mating with said grooves (38) of said rollers (10) to allow a substantially flush fit of said rollers (10) against said belt (20) and to prevent said endless belt (20) from wandering on said rollers (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: JAS Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Singleton, James A. Mann
  • Patent number: D436505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: James A. Mann
  • Patent number: D268923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Inventor: James A. Mann