Patents by Inventor Kenneth K. Kroffke

Kenneth K. Kroffke 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: 3995717
    Abstract: A lubricant distributor system including a plurality of piston cylinder lubricant injector units constructed and arranged so that the pistons thereof move in sequence from retracted positions to lubricant displacement positions to expel a given quantity of lubricant from each of the cylinders and then move in sequence from the lubricant displacement positions to the retracted positions, whereby each cylinder except the last is refilled with lubricant from an adjacent cylinder and only the first cylinder discharges lubricant back through a lubricant supply line upon completion of each lubricant cycle.A lubricant injector adapted for sequential operation when used in multiples in a centralized lubrication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Houdaille Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Kroffke
  • Patent number: 3938425
    Abstract: A piston type fluid pump structure providing a selective variable operating fluid displacement, and including a piston having an operable travel, within a cooperable cylinder bore, through a pump stroke which may be of fixed length, a fluid supply port being provided which communicates with the interior of the cylinder bore when the piston is in a retracted position and a fluid outlet port communicating with interior of said bore through which fluid therein may be discharged during such pump stroke, an expansion chamber being provided in communication with the cylinder bore adjacent the discharge port therein, the effective volume of the expansion chamber being selectively variable whereby the output displacement of said pump structure may be varied by controlling the volume of said expansion chamber, and therewith the amount of fluid received therein during a pump stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Houdaille Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Kroffke