Patents by Inventor Loren C. Smith

Loren C. Smith 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: 10888942
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Patent number: 10744582
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Patent number: 10058946
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20180161907
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20180161906
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20180161908
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20160263691
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Loren C. SMITH, Douglas S. PERRY, William HOPPER
  • Patent number: 9370839
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren C. Smith, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Publication number: 20150083233
    Abstract: A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Loren C. SMITH, Douglas S. Perry, William Hopper
  • Patent number: 6240943
    Abstract: The present invention reveals a gas mixing device which maintains constant gas ratios under both steady state and intermittent flow conditions, and reduces mixture errors inherent with multiple gauges by providing only one pressure gauge to read the inlet pressure at each inlet port. To accomplish its purpose, the device comprises a chamber defined by two opposing hollow core pistons, a downstream control valve, and an upstream delay valve. The control valve, assisted by one piston, opens and closes in response to the upper and lower operating pressure limits of a receiver. The delay valve, assisted by the other piston, closes after the control valve closes and opens abruptly only after a significant drop in pressure within the chamber, the result of the control valve having suddenly opened wide. A single pressure measuring assembly, rotatably mounted to the gas mixing device, communicates with each inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventor: Loren C. Smith
  • Patent number: 5507438
    Abstract: A fuel gas and oxygen mixer for a gas torch comprises a tubular body having a mixing passage extending therethrough and having an upstream end connected to sources of a fuel gas and oxygen and a downstream end for delivering a mixture of the fuel gas and oxygen to a torch tip. The fuel gas is axially supplied to the upstream end of the mixer, and the oxygen flows along the outer surface of the body in the upstream direction from a point adjacent the downstream end of the body and then into the mixing passage through radial ports adjacent to the upstream end of the body. The counter flow of oxygen is through a passageway which provides for cooling of the mixer during normal operation of the torch and for the quenching of reversely flowing hot gases during a back fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: The Lincoln Electric Company
    Inventors: Carolyn E. Thomas, David W. Gailey, Loren C. Smith
  • Patent number: 4545400
    Abstract: A pressure relieving device for use with gas flowmeters, pressure regulators and other fluid flow equipment is described. The device includes an O-ring and means for compressing and retaining the O-ring to provide a fluid-tight seal under normal operating pressure, but having a gap positioned such that the occurrence of an excessive pressure causes a portion of the O-ring to move into and through the gap to relieve the excessive pressure. A passage for enabling the fluid to contact the O-ring is sized to allow sufficient flow to relieve a fluid pressure substantially in excess of the normal operating pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Assignee: The BOC Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur W. Gruber, Loren C. Smith