Patents by Inventor James E. Wellman

James E. Wellman 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: 5961316
    Abstract: An oil burner includes a pivotal cover that exposes a unitary gun assembly. The gun assembly is movable longitudinally with respect to the central axis of the air tube of the burner by rotating a cam. A spinner assembly is positioned on the gun assembly. The air cone is divided into various surfaces, some of which are at angles to the axis of the air tube. The burner further includes an adjustable air entry port. A work station for facilitating nozzle replacement is also included. The firing rate is controlled by the air entry port setting, the nozzle used, and the position of the nozzle and spinner assembly in the air cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Weil-McLain
    Inventors: James E. Wellman, Edward W. Johann, Eric Warry, Donald C. Metrish
  • 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: 4388064
    Abstract: A gun-type fluid fuel burner having a blast tube with a fuel dispensing nozzle therein includes a blower housing having a scroll side wall and opposite end walls. The housing side wall has an upwardly facing air discharge opening therein which communicates with the blast tube, and one of the end walls has an air inlet opening therein. A squirrel cage blower wheel having a diameter more than twice its width is mounted for rotation in the housing and is directly driven by a two pole single phase alternating current motor mounted on one of the housing end walls, the blower drawing air through the input opening and discharging the air under pressure through the discharge opening. A damper plate is mounted on the housing for movement between an open position and a position closing the discharge opening, the damper being moved to its open position in response to air pressure from the blower and returning to its closed position under the influence of biasing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: The Scott & Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Kaplan, James E. Wellman
  • Patent number: 4373901
    Abstract: A power gas burner includes a plenum having front and rear walls and a side wall. A blast tube is connected to the front wall communicating with the plenum. A blower has its discharge connected to the plenum. An air-gas mixing tube is disposed in the blast tube with its discharge adjacent the distal end thereof and its inlet extending into the plenum, the mixing tube defining a secondary air passage with the blast tube. The mixing tube has an air-admitting opening adjacent its inlet communicating with the plenum. A gas line extends into the inlet of the mixing tube. A spider supports the discharge of the mixing tube and has legs engaging the distal end of the blast tube. A flame spreader disc is spaced from the discharge of the mixing tube, the diameter of the disc being generally equal to the diameter of the mixing tube at its discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Assignee: The Scott & Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Kaplan, Mark A. Reicke, James E. Wellman
  • 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