Patents by Inventor Ray Kendrick

Ray Kendrick 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).

  • Orifice plate seal
    Patent number: 5318073
    Abstract: An orifice installation for sealing a plate within a fitting is disclosed. The plate has a seal surrounding its outer circumference. The seal has a large base area of elastomeric material and an outer and inner periphery face. A central circumferential extension larger than the distance in the fitting for permitting entry of a plate carrying device is formed between the shoulders. Circumferential indentations formed in the base separate the shoulders from the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Daniel Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Kendrick, Angela M. Floyd
  • Orifice system
    Patent number: 5085250
    Abstract: An orifice installation for centering the orifice aperture within a plate carrying device is disclosed. The orifice installation uses an orifice plate in cooperation with a seal that surrounds the outer edge of the orifice plate to seal the plate to a fitting. Reliefs are formed in the nonsealing portion of the surface of the seal through which the orifice plate outer circumference protrudes. The carrying device is provided to receive the plate and the seal. A mechanism is provided to have contact between the carrying device and the protrusions in order to use the manufacturing tolerances of the plate and the carrying device to center the plate in the carrying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Daniel Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray Kendrick
  • Orifice system intermediate interface
    Patent number: 5069252
    Abstract: An orifice installation for centering the orifice aperture within a plate carrying device is disclosed. The orifice installation uses an orifice plate in cooperation with a seal that surrounds the outer edge of the orifice plate to seal the plate to a fitting. Reliefs are formed in the nonsealing portion of the surface of the seal through which the orifice plate outer circumference protrudes. The carrying device is provided to receive the plate and the seal. A mechanism including an intermediate interface is provided to have contact between the carrying device and the protrusions in order to use the manufacturing tolerances of the plate and the carrying device to center the plate in the carrying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Daniel Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Kendrick, Gary Tatum