Patents by Inventor Kenneth Alvarez

Kenneth Alvarez 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: 5983990
    Abstract: A machine for warming and spraying paint comprising a water cooled internal combustion engine, a pump for pumping the paint, a power transfer means linking the engine drive linkage to the pump drive linkage, a heat exchange chamber having an interior channel therethrough enabling heated liquid coolant and paint introduced into the heat exchange chamber to flow therethrough and exchange heat without commingling of the two fluids, a liquid coolant transfer means for carrying the liquid coolant in a circuit path including the internal combustion engine radiator, the internal combustion engine, and the heat exchange chamber, and a paint transfer means allowing paint to travel through an open ended path including the pump and the heat exchange chamber, the paint transfer means allowing the paint to be pumped by the internal combustion engine and the pump and to be simultaneously warmed by heat transferred from the liquid coolant to the paint within the heat exchange chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Kenneth Alvarez