Patents by Inventor Lawrence Thomas

Lawrence Thomas 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: 5878808
    Abstract: A rotating heat exchanger (10) has a first air turbine (16) connected to a first end of an axle (20). The second end of the axle (20) is connected to a second air turbine (18). A heat pipe (30, 40, 42, 44) extends from the first air turbine (16) to the second air turbine (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas
    Inventors: Edward Thomas Rock, Lawrence Thomas Shafer
  • Patent number: 4667880
    Abstract: A spraying system having a plurality of separate pressurized fluid supply sources, a spray gun having a discharge nozzle and a plurality of fluid inlet ports corresponding to the number of supply sources and each communicating with the discharge nozzle, lines coupling each supply source to a respective one of the inlet ports, and a selectively operable discharge control associated with the spray gun for permitting passage of fluid through the discharge nozzle from any one of the plurality of supply sources, for enabling the simultaneous passage of fluids through the nozzle from a plurality of the supply sources, and for preventing the passage of fluids through the nozzle from all of the supply sources. The discharge control includes an individual spring biased valve assembly in each inlet port and a single control lever that is movable between an operative position for actuating selective of the valve assemblies and an inoperative position in which none of the valve assemblies are actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Spraying Systems Co.
    Inventors: Gary Paulsen, Lawrence Thomas
  • Patent number: D411021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Inventors: Lawrence Thomas Chapman, Kenneth R. Bass, deceased