Patents by Inventor Leon C. Jalas

Leon C. Jalas 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: 4978198
    Abstract: A system for providing interior lighting for a building from a natural exterior source including reflectors adapted to reflect the light into a light unit from which the light may be diffused into the building. A sensor keeps the principal reflector aligned with a light source, ordinarily the sun, and side reflectors assure that the sunlight from sunrise to sunset is properly directed into the building. The system is useful, to a lesser extent, for heat as well as light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Inventor: Leon C. Jalas
  • Patent number: 4354775
    Abstract: A device for cleaning blockages of a pneumatic tube for carrying seeds or similar particulate matter comprising a sensing device adapted to sense the blockage, a gate in the tube adapted to be opened in response to the sensor and a pneumatic device to blow the seed or other matter out of the tube. A time delay relay may be used to prevent unwarranted recycling of the gate opening and pneumatic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Inventor: Leon C. Jalas
  • Patent number: 4253586
    Abstract: A device for planting of agricultural seeds extremely rapidly and particularly adaptable to airborne planting including a tank-like device for holding seeds and for containing compressed air. Various types of devices are provided to align the seeds and insert them into a movable nozzle from which the compressed air shoots the seed into the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Inventor: Leon C. Jalas
  • Patent number: 4029238
    Abstract: A device for planting of agricultural seeds extremely rapidly and particularly adaptable to airborne planting including a tank for holding seeds and for containing compressed air. Mechanism is provided to align the seeds and insert them into a movable nozzle from which the compressed air shoots the seed into the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Inventor: Leon C. Jalas