Patents by Inventor John P. Foote
John P. Foote 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: 11970111Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm and a mirror head at one end of the mounting arm distal from an attachment portion of the mounting arm that is configured for attachment at a vehicle. A mirror reflective element is fixedly attached at the mirror head. An innermost side of the mirror reflective element is attached at a front side of an attachment plate. The mirror reflective element moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head relative to the mounting arm when the driver of the vehicle operates an electrically-operable actuator. The attachment plate includes wall structure that extends from the front side of the attachment plate and circumscribes and spans the perimeter circumferential edge of the glass substrate and does not encroach onto and does not overlap the front surface of the glass substrate of the exterior mirror reflective element.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: John T. Uken, Darryl P. De Wind, Keith D. Foote, Joseph M. Mambourg, Rodney K. Blank, Mark L. Larson, Niall R. Lynam
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Patent number: 5630368Abstract: This invention relates to an improved coal injection and coal feed system for use with a coal-fired firetube boiler. More specifically, the coal injection system of the present invention comprises an educator and a coal delivery tube. The coal feed system of the present invention comprises a coal hopper, gyratable bin, gyration device, discharge plenum and feed conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1995Date of Patent: May 20, 1997Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Charles L. Wagoner, John P. Foote
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Patent number: 5429059Abstract: A coal-fired firetube boiler and a method for converting a gas-fired firetube boiler to a coal-fired firetube boiler, the converted boiler including a plurality of combustion zones within the firetube and controlled stoichiometry within the combustion zones.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1993Date of Patent: July 4, 1995Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Charles L. Wagoner, John P. Foote
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Patent number: 5076396Abstract: A hydraulic master unit is mounted on the rail and has a master cylinder in which is mounted a plunger to be contacted by the wheel of the train. A master cylinder piston is driven against the compression of a cylinder spring inside the master cylinder body in which there is confined hydraulic fluid leading through a hydraulic line, through a hydraulic bulkhead assembly fitting and thence to a grease pump slave unit comprising a hydraulic grease pump piston operating against a grease pump spring inside of the grease pump housing in which there is a chamber confining the hydraulic fluid with the piston for operation to pump grease through the grease discharge and to draw grease from the grease container back into the slave cylinder and through a grease pump inlet valve against a grease pump inlet valve spring and so on in repetition in response to the contact of the master cylinder plunger by the train wheel.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1990Date of Patent: December 31, 1991Inventor: John P. Foote
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Patent number: 4231177Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rilfes and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1978Date of Patent: November 4, 1980Assignee: U.S. Armament CorporationInventor: John P. Foote
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Patent number: 4194314Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1977Date of Patent: March 25, 1980Assignee: U.S. Armament CorporationInventor: John P. Foote
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Patent number: 4142314Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1977Date of Patent: March 6, 1979Assignee: U.S. Armament CorporationInventor: John P. Foote
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Patent number: 4139958Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, .223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1977Date of Patent: February 20, 1979Assignee: U.S. Armament CorporationInventor: John P. Foote
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Patent number: 4128956Abstract: A single shot rifle comprises the usual elongated barrel of any desired calibre with the shell receiving end screwed into a receiver having spaced sides defining a passage for a cartridge to be inserted and removed therefrom. A falling breechblock is provided with a stock extension for insertion in and permanent mounting on a stock so that the breechblock and stock move together. The trigger mechanism, hammer and extractor mechanisms may be of any suitable and conventional construction including the usual cocking lever which actuates the spring biased hammer that is released by a trigger.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1977Date of Patent: December 12, 1978Inventor: John P. Foote
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Patent number: 4098016Abstract: An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles, including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to permit the use of smaller caliber, inexpensive ammunition in rifles and shotguns designed originally for larger caliber ammunition. The system includes a bolt/receiver assembly which easily replaces the bolt carrier of the, for example, M-16 rifle, and a magazine assembly which can be inserted by hand into any standard, for example, 0.223 round M-16 magazine. The bolt/receiver assembly is made up of three sub-assemblies, a receiver, a bolt, and a recoil spring. The receiver sub-assembly includes a section of a circle with a short barrel section in the front which fits into the M-16 chambers, a receiver lug at top rear to locate it within the M-16 chamber and prevent its rotary or linear motions and a guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1975Date of Patent: July 4, 1978Assignee: U.S. Armament CorporationInventor: John P. Foote