Patents by Inventor Lewis K. Harris

Lewis K. Harris 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: 4437830
    Abstract: The movable elements of two normally closed valves are actuated by a thermal element responsive to ignition at a pilot burner supplied fuel through one of the valves. The two valve elements form a mechanical train from the thermal element which simultaneously unseats the second valve controlling fuel to the main burner and releases a manually operable mechanism with which the pilot burner valve is initially unseated for ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis K. Harris, Billie S. Burrus
  • Patent number: 4413523
    Abstract: A force-balance pressure measuring instrument incorporates a fluid pressure couple. The couple constructively includes a fulcrumed beam. The primary element is connected to the force-balance beam through a proportional band adjustment having a leaf spring which is changed in effective length. At certain settings of the leaf spring in the proportional band adjustment, oscillations, or pulsations, of the fulcrumed beam are generated. A compensation beam is pivoted on the fulcrumed beam to respond to the pulsations or oscillations of the fulcrumed beam and absorb energy to reduce pulsations or oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Claxton, Lewis K. Harris
  • Patent number: 4181021
    Abstract: A displacer body is linked to a position transmitter of an analogue signal through an elastomeric body mounted in the wall of the vessel in which the displacement takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1980
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis K. Harris, Howard J. Pearse