Patents by Inventor Martin Coiner Grostick

Martin Coiner Grostick 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: 4017024
    Abstract: A stack damper control arrangement for use in a heating system including a furnace having a fuel-fired burner apparatus and a vent stack for conducting combustion products away from the burner apparatus and a damper plate pivotally mounted within the stack and movable between a fully open and a fully closed position, includes a reversible drive motor which is energizable in response to a request for heat to drive the damper plate to the open position, a first limit switch operated when the damper plate reaches the open position to effect the deenergization of the motor, the motor being reenergized at the end of the heating cycle to drive the damper plate to the closed position, and a second limit switch operated when the damper plate reaches the closed position to effect the deenergization of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: Johnson Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Coiner Grostick, Thomas Edward Hayes