Patents by Inventor John A. Etheridge

John A. Etheridge 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: 5599179
    Abstract: A method and system of regulating the air to fuel ratio supplied to a burner to maximize the combustion efficiency. Optical means are provided in close proximity to the burner for directing a beam of radiation from hot gases produced by the burner to a plurality of detectors. Detectors are provided for sensing the concentration of, inter alia, CO, CO.sub.2, and H.sub.2 O. The differences between the ratios of CO to CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O to CO are compared with a known control curve based on those ratios for air to fuel ratios ranging from 0.85 to 1.30. The fuel flow is adjusted until the difference between the ratios of CO to CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O to CO fall on a desired set point on the control curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Mississippi State University
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Lindner, W. Steve Shepard, John A. Etheridge, Ping-Rey Jang, Lawrence L. Gresham
  • Patent number: 4845874
    Abstract: A device for storing and applying percussion caps to the nipple of a muzzle-loading firearm includes an elongated sleeve with a loading hole through one side thereof adjacent a first end. A follower member slides within the sleeve and is urged toward the hole by a compression coil spring. A chain extends from the follower through the spring and out of the second end. When the chain is pulled and the spring compressed, percussion caps can be inserted into the device through the hole, forming a row of caps within the sleeve. The caps can then be loaded onto the weapon nipple by pushing the nipple into the hole and extracting a cap, whereupon the next cap becomes available at the hole under the force of the compression coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventors: John A. Etheridge, Thomas W. Hillhouse