Patents by Inventor Keith D. Swan

Keith D. Swan 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).

  • Micro particle flow facilitator
    Patent number: 8985400
    Abstract: A micro particle flow facilitator, includes: (a) a bourdon tube having a flexible duct capable of expanding and contracting in response to pulsations of a pressurized fluid, the duct being hollow, closed-ended and having an inlet port; and (b) a fluid pulsator for providing the pulsations of a pressurized fluid to the inlet port of the bourdon tube, the pulsator being in fluid-tight communication with the inlet port of the bourdon tube and having a fluid inlet port for connection to a source of pressurized fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Crystal-Mark, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith D. Swan, Jawn P. Swan, William H. Stutz, Jr.
  • Fluidized particle abrasion device with precision control
    Patent number: 8936416
    Abstract: A portable air abrasion device has a dispensing chamber and a flow valve for controlling the flow rate from the dispensing chamber. The flow valve includes a fluid flow chamber for receiving granular materials exiting the dispensing chamber. The fluid flow chamber has a granular materials inlet port, a fluid flow inlet port for receiving the flow of a fluid to the fluid flow chamber and a fluidized granular material exit port for dispensing a fluidized mixture of the granular material away from the fluid flow chamber. The fluid flow chamber also has a flow regulator employing a lead screw to control the flow of fluidized granular material through the fluidized granular material exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Crystal-Mark, Inc., A Swan Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Stutz, Jr., Jawn P. Swan, Keith D. Swan, E. Michael Swan, John J. Quintus
  • FLUIDIZED PARTICLE ABRASION DEVICE WITH PRECISION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20140328636
    Abstract: A portable air abrasion device has a dispensing chamber and a flow valve for controlling the flow rate from the dispensing chamber. The flow valve includes a fluid flow chamber for receiving granular materials exiting the dispensing chamber. The fluid flow chamber has a granular materials inlet port, a fluid flow inlet port for receiving the flow of a fluid to the fluid flow chamber and a fluidized granular material exit port for dispensing a fluidized mixture of the granular material away from the fluid flow chamber. The fluid flow chamber also has a flow regulator employing a lead screw to control the flow of fluidized granular material through the fluidized granular material exit port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: William H. Stutz, JR., Jawn P. Swan, Keith D. Swan, E. Michael Swan, John J. Quintus
  • Micro Particle Flow Facilitator
    Publication number: 20140326755
    Abstract: A micro particle flow facilitator, includes: (a) a bourdon tube having a flexible duct capable of expanding and contracting in response to pulsations of a pressurized fluid, the duct being hollow, closed-ended and having an inlet port; and (b) a fluid pulsator for providing the pulsations of a pressurized fluid to the inlet port of the bourdon tube, the pulsator being in fluid-tight communication with the inlet port of the bourdon tube and having a fluid inlet port for connection to a source of pressurized fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Keith D. Swan, Jawn P. Swan, William H. Stutz, JR.