Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Robert Traczek

Jeffrey Robert Traczek 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: 11312228
    Abstract: A tank adapter has a body with first and second ends and an axial hole. A hollow cylinder of the body has an external tapered thread from the first end toward the second end of the body. A flange between the first and second ends has a flat face extending radially outward from the hollow cylinder to a flange outer diameter. A gage mount portion has a gage mount outer diameter that is less than the flange outer diameter and extends from the second end toward the first end and has gage mounting features for securing a level gage. A gasket mates with the flat face. In a first configuration, the external tapered thread engages an internal tapered thread of a first tank opening. In a second configuration, a collar nut compresses the gasket between the flange and a top rim of a second tank opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Christopher Allen Fildes, Timothy Ryan Brewster
  • Publication number: 20200340846
    Abstract: A tank adapter has a body with first and second ends and an axial hole. A hollow cylinder of the body has an external tapered thread from the first end toward the second end of the body. A flange between the first and second ends has a flat face extending radially outward from the hollow cylinder to a flange outer diameter. A gage mount portion has a gage mount outer diameter that is less than the flange outer diameter and extends from the second end toward the first end and has gage mounting features for securing a level gage. A gasket mates with the flat face. In a first configuration, the external tapered thread engages an internal tapered thread of a first tank opening. In a second configuration, a collar nut compresses the gasket between the flange and a top rim of a second tank opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Christopher Allen Fildes, Timothy Ryan Brewster
  • Patent number: D875586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Glenn Douglas Allen, Timothy Ryan Brewster, Craig Arthur Butler, Brian Paul Smith
  • Patent number: D1022129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Duane Lee Wilson, Wilbert Edward Meibuhr, Brian Paul Smith