Patents by Inventor Lucien Dnestrianschii
Lucien Dnestrianschii 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).
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Patent number: 11484009Abstract: A water nipple controlled by the animal has a valve seat inside a housing. The valve member has an elongate valve shaft providing a forward end at the circular discharge mouth for operation by the animal. A resilient body on the valve member defines a convoluted or serpentine water flow path for flow of water along the flow path through the housing with the flow path defining a rate of flow of the water. A resilient ring is mounted on the valve shaft spaced the valve seat and the forward end with an outside edge of the resilient ring adjacent to and spaced from the inside surface of the housing so as to define an annular channel therebetween through which the water passes so that the resilient ring restricts direct flow of water from the valve seat to the discharge mouth to prevent excess squirting of the water.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Publication number: 20210000073Abstract: A water nipple controlled by the animal has a valve seat inside a housing. The valve member has an elongate valve shaft providing a forward end at the circular discharge mouth for operation by the animal. A resilient body on the valve member defines a convoluted or serpentine water flow path for flow of water along the flow path through the housing with the flow path defining a rate of flow of the water. A resilient ring is mounted on the valve shaft spaced the valve seat and the forward end with an outside edge of the resilient ring adjacent to and spaced from the inside surface of the housing so as to define an annular channel therebetween through which the water passes so that the resilient ring restricts direct flow of water from the valve seat to the discharge mouth to prevent excess squirting of the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 10729283Abstract: A cooking grill includes a container defining a combustion area and a cooking surface over the combustion area. The grill features a pellet burner unit disposed within the container under the cooking surface and a pellet feeding device arranged to feed pellets into the burner unit. The burner unit comprises a trough into which the pellets are fed. The trough is mounted in a movable support which can be pulled out from within the container. The feeding device includes a removable cartridge for containing pellets and a receptacle for receiving the cartridge inserted thereon so that the cartridge supplies pellets for transfer to the pellet burner unit. In addition, a gas burner system is arranged in the container adjacent to the pellet burner unit so as to apply heat from the gas burner system to the cooking surface in addition to or as an alternative to the pellet burner unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Crystal Spring Colony Farms Ltd.Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 10602716Abstract: An animal feeding apparatus includes a duct through which feed falls under gravity. A drive wheel is mounted in the duct and includes a plurality of paddle blades such that falling feed in the duct acts to drive the blades to rotate the wheel about the axis. A syringe is laid in a support channel where a plunger of the syringe is compressed longitudinally for feeding a liquid to an injection nozzle into the duct by a screw driven by the wheel. The wheel and the support channel are mounted on a common housing forming the duct and containing the wheel, to an injection opening on the bottom of the housing for addition to the feed passing through the duct portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Crystal Spring Colony Farms Ltd.Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 10477835Abstract: In an apparatus for feeding animals including one or more feed dispensing containers from which the animals can take feed which are fed by supply ducts from a supply a device is provided which includes a feed supply duct portion arranged such that the feed falls through the feed supply duct portion under gravity. A drive member is mounted at the duct and includes a plurality of paddle blades of a wheel mounted for rotation about an axis of the wheel such that falling feed in the duct acts to drive the blades to rotate the wheel about the axis and a driven component driven by the wheel. The driven component is in most cases a dispenser for feeding a liquid or particulate additive material from a supply cartridge, which is mounted on a common housing forming the duct and containing the wheel, to an injection opening on the bottom of the housing for addition to the feed passing through the duct portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Crystal Spring Colony Farms Ltd.Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 10426295Abstract: A cooking grill includes a container defining a combustion area and a cooking surface over the combustion area. The grill features a pellet burner unit disposed within the container under the cooking surface and a pellet feeding device arranged to feed pellets into the burner unit. The burner unit comprises a trough into which the pellets are fed. The trough is mounted in a movable support which can be pulled out from within the container. The feeding device includes a removable cartridge for containing pellets and a receptacle for receiving the cartridge inserted thereon so that the cartridge supplies pellets for transfer to the pellet burner unit. In addition, a gas burner system is arranged in the container adjacent to the pellet burner unit so as to apply heat from the gas burner system to the cooking surface in addition to or as an alternative to the pellet burner unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Crystal Spring Colony Farms Ltd.Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Publication number: 20190133374Abstract: A cooking grill includes a container defining a combustion area and a cooking surface over the combustion area. The grill features a pellet burner unit disposed within the container under the cooking surface and a pellet feeding device arranged to feed pellets into the burner unit. The burner unit comprises a trough into which the pellets are fed. The trough is mounted in a movable support which can be pulled out from within the container. The feeding device includes a removable cartridge for containing pellets and a receptacle for receiving the cartridge inserted thereon so that the cartridge supplies pellets for transfer to the pellet burner unit. In addition, a gas burner system is arranged in the container adjacent to the pellet burner unit so as to apply heat from the gas burner system to the cooking surface in addition to or as an alternative to the pellet burner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 10178853Abstract: A water supply for an animal feeder includes a valve member on a nipple controlled by the animal connected to a water supply duct for supplying water to the valve member. A regulator is provided for controlling a flow rate and the nipple controls the flow rate by defining a housing through which the water passes with a resilient cylindrical body mounted in the housing. The resilient body defines a convoluted or serpentine water flow path therethrough or thereon for flow of water along the flow path through the housing with the flow path defining a rate of flow of the water. The housing has an adjustment member for adjusting application of pressure to the resilient body to change an amount of compression of the resilient body so as to distort the water flow path and change the rate of flow. The serpentine path is also of increased length to restrict the flow.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Crystal Spring Colony Farms Ltd.Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 10161144Abstract: A variable angle corner flusher tool includes a pair of blades pivotally connected along one edge. An activator assembly is provided to facilitate angular adjustment of the blades. The activator assembly includes an activator screw and a slider bracket that moves axially along the activator screw. A pair of linkage arms are provided, with each linkage arm having a first end attached to the slider bracket and a second end attached to one the pair of blades. The linkage arms results in an axial position of the slider bracket along the activator screw determining the angular positioning of the blades. A ratchet plate is pivotally mounted to the slider bracket. The ratchet plate is selectively pivoted between an engaged position engaged with the activator screw and a disengaged position disengaged from activator screw.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: CanAm Tool Corp.Inventors: Wolfgang Dombrowski, Lucien Dnestrianschii, Micah Warkentin
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Publication number: 20180187427Abstract: A variable angle corner flusher tool includes a pair of blades pivotally connected along one edge. An activator assembly is provided to facilitate angular adjustment of the blades. The activator assembly includes an activator screw and a slider bracket that moves axially along the activator screw. A pair of linkage arms are provided, with each linkage arm having a first end attached to the slider bracket and a second end attached to one the pair of blades. The linkage arms results in an axial position of the slider bracket along the activator screw determining the angular positioning of the blades. A ratchet plate is pivotally mounted to the slider bracket. The ratchet plate is selectively pivoted between an engaged position engaged with the activator screw and a disengaged position disengaged from activator screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Wolfgang DOMBROWSKI, Lucien DNESTRIANSCHII, Micah WARKENTIN
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Publication number: 20180070772Abstract: A cooking grill includes a container defining a combustion area and a cooking surface over the combustion area. The grill features a pellet burner unit disposed within the container under the cooking surface and a pellet feeding device arranged to feed pellets into the burner unit. The burner unit comprises a trough into which the pellets are fed. The trough is mounted in a movable support which can be pulled out from within the container. The feeding device includes a removable cartridge for containing pellets and a receptacle for receiving the cartridge inserted thereon so that the cartridge supplies pellets for transfer to the pellet burner unit. In addition, a gas burner system is arranged in the container adjacent to the pellet burner unit so as to apply heat from the gas burner system to the cooking surface in addition to or as an alternative to the pellet burner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Publication number: 20180049403Abstract: An animal feeding apparatus includes a duct through which feed falls under gravity. A drive wheel is mounted in the duct and includes a plurality of paddle blades such that falling feed in the duct acts to drive the blades to rotate the wheel about the axis. A syringe is laid in a support channel where a plunger of the syringe is compressed longitudinally for feeding a liquid to an injection nozzle into the duct by a screw driven by the wheel. The wheel and the support channel are mounted on a common housing forming the duct and containing the wheel, to an injection opening on the bottom of the housing for addition to the feed passing through the duct portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Publication number: 20180049405Abstract: In an apparatus for feeding animals including one or more feed dispensing containers from which the animals can take feed which are fed by supply ducts from a supply a device is provided which includes a feed supply duct portion arranged such that the feed falls through the feed supply duct portion under gravity. A drive member is mounted at the duct and includes a plurality of paddle blades of a wheel mounted for rotation about an axis of the wheel such that falling feed in the duct acts to drive the blades to rotate the wheel about the axis and a driven component driven by the wheel. The driven component is in most cases a dispenser for feeding a liquid or particulate additive material from a supply cartridge, which is mounted on a common housing forming the duct and containing the wheel, to an injection opening on the bottom of the housing for addition to the feed passing through the duct portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 9814354Abstract: A cooking grill includes a container defining a combustion area and a cooking surface over the combustion area. The grill features a pellet burner unit disposed within the container under the cooking surface and a pellet feeding device arranged to feed pellets into the burner unit. The burner unit comprises a trough into which the pellets are fed. The trough is mounted in a movable support which can be pulled out from within the container. The feeding device includes a removable cartridge for containing pellets and a receptacle for receiving the cartridge inserted thereon so that the cartridge supplies pellets for transfer to the pellet burner unit. In addition, a gas burner system is arranged in the container adjacent to the pellet burner unit so as to apply heat from the gas burner system to the cooking surface in addition to or as an alternative to the pellet burner unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Crystal Spring Colony Farms Ltd.Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Publication number: 20170000083Abstract: A water supply for an animal feeder includes a valve member on a nipple controlled by the animal connected to a water supply duct for supplying water to the valve member. A regulator is provided for controlling a flow rate and the nipple controls the flow rate by defining a housing through which the water passes with a resilient cylindrical body mounted in the housing. The resilient body defines a convoluted or serpentine water flow path therethrough or thereon for flow of water along the flow path through the housing with the flow path defining a rate of flow of the water. The housing has an adjustment member for adjusting application of pressure to the resilient body to change an amount of compression of the resilient body so as to distort the water flow path and change the rate of flow. The serpentine path is also of increased length to restrict the flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Patent number: 9499317Abstract: A banding strap has an elongate member made from a flexible, resilient material. The elongate member has a stop section and a seat section. The stop section has one or more stops spaced along elongate member and each stop has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of elongate member. The seat section defines a seat that faces the stop section along the elongate member and a gap above the seat relative to the elongate member that is sized to receive the elongate member. The gap has a width that is less than diameter of the one or more stops. The seat defines a cavity that restrains one of the stops against a force applied along the elongate member. The stop section engages the seat section by bending the elongate member around such that the elongate member is substantially parallel to itself at the stop section and the seat section.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Kwik Bandit Inc.Inventors: Ryan Comaniuk, Lucien Dnestrianschii, Joseph B Marcos, Paul Comaniuk
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Publication number: 20160255999Abstract: A cooking grill includes a container defining a combustion area and a cooking surface over the combustion area. The grill features a pellet burner unit disposed within the container under the cooking surface and a pellet feeding device arranged to feed pellets into the burner unit. The burner unit comprises a trough into which the pellets are fed. The trough is mounted in a movable support which can be pulled out from within the container. The feeding device includes a removable cartridge for containing pellets and a receptacle for receiving the cartridge inserted thereon so that the cartridge supplies pellets for transfer to the pellet burner unit. In addition, a gas burner system is arranged in the container adjacent to the pellet burner unit so as to apply heat from the gas burner system to the cooking surface in addition to or as an alternative to the pellet burner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Tom McAdams, Ethan Hofer, Lucien Dnestrianschii
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Publication number: 20150166236Abstract: The elongate member has a stop section and a seat section. The stop section has one or more stops spaced along elongate member and each stop has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of elongate member. The seat section defines a seat that faces the stop section along the elongate member and a gap above the seat relative to the elongate member that is sized to receive the elongate member. The gap has a width that is less than diameter of the one or more stops. The seat defines a cavity that restrains one of the stops against a force applied along the elongate member. The stop section engages the seat section by bending the elongate member around such that the elongate member is substantially parallel to itself at the stop section and the seat section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Kwik Bandit Inc.Inventors: Ryan Comaniuk, Lucien Dnestrianschii, Joseph B Marcos, Paul Comaniuk
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Patent number: 8900101Abstract: A treadmill has an endless belt and a housing supporting movement of the endless belt along the housing. The housing has a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality vertical channels extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. Posts are vertically movable in the vertical channels. The posts are secured in a selected position in the vertical channels, with an upper portion of a selected length extending above the top surface and, if desired, a lower portion of a selected length extending below the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Inventors: Anne Stack, Lucien Dnestrianschii, Joseph Marcos, Patricia Dickson
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Publication number: 20140123478Abstract: An apparatus for attaching equipment includes a base and one of a toolbox or tool accessory. The base has a primary engagement surface with a plurality of outwardly projecting male members each comprising a shaft with an enlarged head at a remote end. The toolbox or tool accessory has a secondary engagement surface with a plurality of inwardly recessed female receivers configured to receive the male members in mating relationship. A locking assembly is positioned within the toolbox or tool accessory. The locking assembly includes a movable catch that is movable between a locking position and a release position. In the locking position, the catch engages the enlarged head of each of the male members to prevent the male members from being withdrawn from the female receivers. In the release position, the catch is spaced from the enlarged heads of each of the male members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: 1634718 Alberta Ltd.Inventors: Jody Gylander, Lucien Dnestrianschii, Joseph Marcos