Patents by Inventor James L. Ingram

James L. Ingram 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: 5074438
    Abstract: A fragrance dispensing machine for full service car wash installations administers a carefully controlled amount of fragrance concentrate to precisely scent customer vehicles. The machine is preferably mounted upon a wall adjacent the car wash lane for convenient access vehicles being washed. An associated hand-operated applicator gun interconnected with the machine administers a uniform dose of fragrance concentrate during each application, which is outputted as a fine mist. The machine cabinet provides storage space for bottles of fragrance concentrate. An external source of air pressure is applied to the cabinet for generating the mist. An elongated conduit interconnects the applicator gun and the machine and separate conductive tubes within the gun conduit individually transmit air and fragrance concentrates to an atomizer manifold disposed within the applicator gun. Mixing of air and fragrance concentrate is performed within the atomizer through vacuum venturi suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Fragra*Matics Mfg Co. Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Ingram
  • Patent number: 4968166
    Abstract: A dry foaming coin operated carpet and upholstery cleaning machine for a car washes. A rigid, generally box-like cabinet is secured in a convenient user accessible position. An elongated hose extending from the housing terminates in a user-activated brush which outputs foam and facilitates vigorous cleaning. The control circuit comprises a conventional coin mechanism which operates a timer to initiate a vend. The timer first activates an air compressor, which supplies high pressure air to the system. A remote user switch associated with the brush must be activated to thereafter activate a pump to supply cleaning solution, and to close an air solenoid for air mixing. Simultaneously a heater is activated to heat the control block disposed within the brush. A brush control block properly mixes air and cleaning solution. An elongated heater compartment preheats incoming air, which is thereafter mixed with cleaning solution and discharged through a foam generating chamber in the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Fragra*Matics Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Ingram
  • Patent number: 4527713
    Abstract: A coin operated dispenser for spraying desired fragrances interiorly of an automobile or vehicle. Preferably the dispenser includes a generally cubical, rigid, cabinet adapted to be mounted to a rigid support. Containers of fragrances to be dispensed are disposed within the cabinet. A compressor delivers air pressure to a coin operated control system for selectively outputting desired fragrances through a remote manually actuable spray gun. Customers are attracted by a visually pleasing display module associated with the cabinet. The module includes a rigid enclosure having a top, a bottom, and a translucent front permitting the visual inspection of its interior. Preferably a pair of cylindrical containment compartments disposed within the enclosure extend between the top and bottom thereof. Each containment compartment includes a bottom mounted, preferably cylindrical fluid control compartment and a top mounted cylindrical fluid control compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: Car Fresh Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Ingram
  • Patent number: D373420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Inventors: James L. Ingram, Wesley L. Ingram