Patents by Inventor Jeff S. Heaton

Jeff S. Heaton 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: 5188295
    Abstract: A spray applicator to discharge plaster or another texturizing material in a spray pattern against a wall surface or the like. There is a manually operable air cylinder and piston assembly which discharges pressurized air through a first nozzle, with an air jet traveling through an area where the plaster or the material descends from a container, with the air jet carrying some of the plaster through a forward discharge nozzle to cause a spray pattern. There is rotatable fluid discharge nozzle portion which is, by said rotation, moved toward and away from an air discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: DJS & T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon, Brett A. Bartholmey
  • Patent number: 5114527
    Abstract: A dry wall tape applicator where the tape moves through a chamber containing a taping compound and out a dispensing opening to a seam defined by two drywall panels. The dispensing opening is formed in part by an adjustably mounted plate, the position of which is controlled by a rotatable knob having an eccentric actuating stud member engaging a slot of the plate. The plate is held within close tolerances in a slideway so that the dispensing opening defines an accurately controlled slot of uniform width. The bottom wall of the housing has a convex configuration so that when the tape is in close proximity to the bottom wall, there is a proper application of the taping compound to the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: DJS&T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon
  • Patent number: 5069390
    Abstract: A spray applicator to discharge plaster or another texturizing material in a spray pattern against a wall surface or the like. There is a manually operated air cylinder and piston assembly which discharges pressurized air through a first nozzle, with an air jet traveling through an area where the plaster or the material descends from a container, with the air jet carrying some of the plaster through a forward discharge nozzle to cause a spray pattern. There is a rotatable adjusting sleeve which moves the two nozzles further apart or closer together to control the spray pattern and also to close the discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: DJ S & T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon, Brett A. Bartholmey
  • Patent number: 4955545
    Abstract: A spray applicator to discharge plaster or another texturizing material in a spray pattern against a wall surface or the like. There is a manually operated air cylinder and piston assembly which discharges pressurized air through a first nozzle, with an air jet traveling through an area where the plaster or the material descends from a container, with the air jet carrying some of the plaster through a forward discharge nozzle to cause a spray pattern. There is a rotatable adjusting sleeve which moves the two nozzles further apart or closer together to control the spray pattern and also to close the discharge nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: DJS&T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, James A. Tryon, Brett A. Bartholmey
  • Patent number: D331354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: DJS&T Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, Jeff S. Heaton, Tryon, James A.