Patents by Inventor Johnny A. Dickinson
Johnny A. Dickinson 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: 6935252Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
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Publication number: 20050098075Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Carl Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny Dickinson, James Miller, James Potter, Leroy Satterlee, Lester Nighswonger, Robert Diedrichs, Gordon Wiegardt
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Patent number: 6874436Abstract: The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels. Fluid is pumped to a fluid port in a hub having a fluid port in fluid communication with the disc valve fluid channel. As the tines of the fluid distribution disc penetrate the field surface, fluid is channeled through the disc valve into the fluid distribution disc channels and the tines.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
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Patent number: 6848376Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
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Patent number: 6796252Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: American Soil Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter
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Publication number: 20040144290Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of an arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt
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Publication number: 20040144291Abstract: The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotationally coupled at end portions of arm assemblies pivotally suspended from the frame. The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter
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Publication number: 20040144292Abstract: The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with similar channels within a bushing securable to the fluid distribution disc radial portion. A stationary plate or disc valve has a disc valve fluid channel in a disc valve radial surface, which is in contact with the rotating bushing radial surface resulting in a periodic alignment between the disc valve fluid channel and each of the bushing channels. Fluid is pumped to a fluid port in a hub having a fluid port in fluid communication with the disc valve fluid channel. As the tines of the fluid distribution disc penetrate the field surface, fluid is channeled through the disc valve into the fluid distribution disc channels and the tines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Carl P. Ranno, Ronald Salestrom, Johnny A. Dickinson, James Anton Miller, James Clinton Potter, Leroy Kenneth Satterlee, Lester Leroy Nighswonger, Robert Otto Diedrichs, Gordon K. Wiegardt