Patents by Inventor John C. Zimmer
John C. Zimmer 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).
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Patent number: 10786703Abstract: A rowing machine convertible for use both indoors and outdoors. In the outdoor mode, the rowing machine is configured for adaptation to a watercraft, such as a kayak or stand up paddle board (SUP). A rower operating the rowing machine pulls on a rope or cord to cause paddles positioned at the rearward end of the machine to rotate and move the machine on a body of water. In the indoor mode, legs are attached to the machine for placement on a rigid surface. The paddles are placed in a container holding fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 10415615Abstract: A weld-less compactor includes a side wall formed by a first panel and a second panel. Each of the first and second panels includes an L-shaped extension having an opening therethrough. The weld-less compactor also includes a fastener assembly for securing the first panel to the second panel. The fastener assembly includes a bolt and a collar. The bolt has a head and a pintail. The collar is configured to fit around the pintail of the bolt. The first panel and the second panel are secured together by engaging the openings of the first panel and the second panel with the fastener assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Tech Oil Products, Inc.Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Publication number: 20170113430Abstract: A weld-less compactor includes a side wall formed by a first panel and a second panel. Each of the first and second panels includes an L-shaped extension having an opening therethrough. The weld-less compactor also includes a fastener assembly for securing the first panel to the second panel. The fastener assembly includes a bolt and a collar. The bolt has a head and a pintail. The collar is configured to fit around the pintail of the bolt. The first panel and the second panel are secured together by engaging the openings of the first panel and the second panel with the fastener assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Tech Oil Products, Inc.Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Publication number: 20160356513Abstract: A fan system for use on oil and gas rigs. The system includes a hydraulic motor for generating a rotational force from a hydraulic fluid, a water pump member for pumping water, a control member for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid and water. The system also includes a fan device having a plurality of individual blades for providing an airflow, with the fan device being operatively connected to the hydraulic pump member and a nozzle connected to the water pump member for spraying a mist, with the nozzle containing a variable opening for varying the pressure and volume of water discharged. A leak path is provided for capturing and channeling leaking fluids so that fluids are contained within the fan device not in the air stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Tech Oil Products, Inc.Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 9435555Abstract: A fan system for use on oil and gas rigs. The system includes a hydraulic motor for generating a rotational force from a hydraulic fluid, a water pump member for pumping water, a control member for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid and water. The system also includes a fan device having a plurality of individual blades for providing an airflow, with the fan device being operatively connected to the hydraulic pump member and a nozzle connected to the water pump member for spraying a mist, with the nozzle containing a variable opening for varying the pressure and volume of water discharged. A leak path is provided for capturing and channeling leaking fluids so that fluids are contained within the fan device not in the air stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Tech Oil Products, Inc.Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Publication number: 20160089845Abstract: A compactor system for use on board marine vessels and offshore installation. The compactor has a cart with bottom and side members capable of withstanding a compaction force. The upper rim of the cart has a lip. The system has a compaction unit formed of a movable upper frame with a shoulder and a lower fixed frame. During waste compaction, the moveable upper frame moves in an upward direction to a point where the shoulder engages the cart's lip to establish a force-distribution loop among the upper frame and the side and bottom members of the cart. The cart's wheels are not subjected to the compaction force.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Publication number: 20130181062Abstract: A fan system for use on oil and gas rigs. The system includes a hydraulic motor for generating a rotational force from a hydraulic fluid, a water pump member for pumping water, a control member for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid and water. The system also includes a fan device having a plurality of individual blades for providing an airflow, with the fan device being operatively connected to the hydraulic pump member and a nozzle connected to the water pump member for spraying a mist, with the nozzle containing a variable opening for varying the pressure and volume of water discharged. A leak path is provided for capturing and channeling leaking fluids so that fluids are contained within the fan device not in the air stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 8230991Abstract: A sub basket having a bottom portion and four sides defining an interior, and an open top section, and a series of pins positioned on the floor portion of the sub basket and extending into the interior of the sub basket where the pins are sized to allow a sub to slide over the pins.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 8100257Abstract: A sub basket having a bottom portion and four sides defining an interior, and an open top section, and a series of pins positioned on the floor portion of the sub basket and extending into the interior of the sub basket where the pins are sized to allow a sub to slide over the pins.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 7757877Abstract: The invention is a barrel jacket designed to protect a barrel in transit. The invention is a container with at least one wall and a floor portion forming an interior, where the wall has an opening sized to allow a barrel to be placed in the interior of the container. The container wall includes a door section allowing access to the interior and closeable. The invention includes a series of offset plates positioned in the interior of the container, where the offset plates are positioned to engage a barrel placed in the interior of the container. Each of the offset plates is connected to but offset from the interior facing portion of the container's interior walls through a crushable member that is adapted to absorb energy caused by an impact to the exterior facing surface of the container's wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 6925930Abstract: The device is a combination bailer/compactor that is a structure with a series of sidewalls and a floor portion, the structure having a top portion and a bottom portion. The sidewalls form an interior, where the interior is further subdivided into a bailer compartment and a compactor compartment by a common interior partition. Each interior compartment has a separate access opening and access door closing the opening. A track is located near the top portion with a compressive ram being mounted in a frame which is moveable in the track between the bailer compartment and the compactor compartment. A power source is operationally connected to the compressive ram. Both compartments are equipped with access doors.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 4554868Abstract: An apparatus for compacting refuse providing an ability to compact refuse in a drum or in a bag or providing for the compaction of drums themselves which are unwanted. The apparatus provides a supportive frame having a platform on the frame upon which a drum or bag can be supported at its bottom. A provided jacket assembly can be opened for placement about the drum or bag, the jacket after closure supporting the drum or bag about its sides during compaction. A hydraulic ram having an attached compacting disk is supported vertically above the support platform and during operation compacts refuse within the jacket and in the drum or bag as desired maximizing the quantity of trash contained within a particular drum or bag for later disposal. During the compacting operation, a drum or bag is supported on its bottom by the platform on its side by the jacket and the trash is compacted from above by the compaction disk. When a bag is used, the jacket assembly supports compaction. By leaving the lid on a drum (as e.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1983Date of Patent: November 26, 1985Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 4466261Abstract: Disclosed is a security device which includes a cylindrical externally threaded member having formed therein a radial first hole and a threaded second hole formed coaxially with the threaded member and intersecting the first hole. A bar is insertable into the first hole to extend radially outwardly therefrom. The bar includes a notch which is alignable with the second hole when the bar is inserted into the first hole. The device includes a sleeve having a first internal portion engageable with the externally threaded member and a second internal portion. The sleeve is engageable with the bar for preventing rotation of the sleeve with respect to the threaded member. The device includes a key operable pick-resistant lock that includes a lock body that is non-rotatably engageable with the second internal portion of the sleeve and a key operable screw that is threadably engageable with the second hole to engage the notch and prevent the bar from being removed from the threaded member.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1982Date of Patent: August 21, 1984Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: 4358941Abstract: Disclosed is a security device and method. The device includes a bolt having a first hole drilled radially therein, a second threaded hole drilled axially therein to intersect the first hole, and a third hole formed axially therein connecting the second hole with the end of the bolt. A bar is insertable into the first hole to extend radially outside the bolt thereby to prevent a nut from being removed from the bolt. The bar is secured in the bolt by means of a pick-proof lock that has a screw portion threadably engagable with the second hole to engage the bar, and a lock body configured to fit the third hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1980Date of Patent: November 16, 1982Inventor: John C. Zimmer
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Patent number: D297689Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1985Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Assignee: Cassano's Inc.Inventor: John C. Zimmer