Patents by Inventor James Clinton Potter

James Clinton Potter 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: 6935252
    Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
  • Patent number: 6874436
    Abstract: The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels. Fluid is pumped to a fluid port in a hub having a fluid port in fluid communication with the disc valve fluid channel. As the tines of the fluid distribution disc penetrate the field surface, fluid is channeled through the disc valve into the fluid distribution disc channels and the tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
  • Patent number: 6848376
    Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
  • Patent number: 6796252
    Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter
  • Publication number: 20040144290
    Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
  • Publication number: 20040144291
    Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter
  • Publication number: 20040144292
    Abstract: The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels. Fluid is pumped to a fluid port in a hub having a fluid port in fluid communication with the disc valve fluid channel. As the tines of the fluid distribution disc penetrate the field surface, fluid is channeled through the disc valve into the fluid distribution disc channels and the tines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt