Patents by Inventor Richard D. Traver

Richard D. Traver 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: 10407882
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for shutting off the flow of liquid to a hydrant. A break away frangible activator of a valve body becomes dislodged responsive to a hydrant receiving sufficient inadvertent impact. A valve member closes in response to the impact to close off the flow of fluid to the hydrant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Richard T. Kitchen, Richard D. Traver
  • Publication number: 20180171606
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for shutting off the flow of liquid to a hydrant. A break away frangible activator of a valve body becomes dislodged responsive to a hydrant receiving sufficient inadvertent impact. A valve member closes in response to the impact to close off the flow of fluid to the hydrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Richard T. Kitchen, Richard D. Traver
  • Patent number: 9890866
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for shutting off the flow of liquid to a hydrant. A break away frangible activator of a valve body becomes dislodged responsive to a hydrant receiving sufficient inadvertent impact. A valve member closes in response to the impact to close off the flow of fluid to the hydrant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KSJ VALVE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Richard T. Kitchen, Richard D. Traver
  • Publication number: 20160265197
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for shutting off the flow of liquid to a hydrant. A break away frangible activator of a valve body becomes dislodged responsive to a hydrant receiving sufficient inadvertent impact. A valve member closes in response to the impact to close off the flow of fluid to the hydrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: RICHARD T. KITCHEN, RICHARD D. TRAVER
  • Patent number: 9205508
    Abstract: A tractor unit system includes a tractor unit that has a travel drive gear. The travel drive gear includes a drive gear portion and at least one drive roller portion. The system also includes a guide track that has a track gear. The track gear includes a track gear portion and at least one land portion. The at least one drive roller portion and the at least one land portion are configured such that the at least one drive roller portion contacts the at least one land portion when the drive gear portion is engaged to the track gear portion. In some embodiments, a diameter of the at least one drive roller portion is equal to a pitch diameter of the drive gear portion. If the track gear portion is curved, in some embodiments a diameter of the at least one land portion equals a pitch diameter of the track gear portion. In other embodiments, if the track gear portion is straight, a dimension of the at least one land portion equals a pitch line of the track gear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Victor B. Miller, Jamil C. Snead, Richard D. Traver
  • Patent number: 9138822
    Abstract: A tractor unit mounting mechanism includes a clamping assembly that is configured to engage and disengage the tractor unit to a track guide. The tractor unit includes at least two pivot blocks with each pivot block including at least one rolling device and a locking mechanism. The at least one rolling device is designed to roll on a rail of the guide track. The clamping assembly is configured to operatively connect the at least one rolling device with the guide track when the tractor unit is engaged. The pivot block is configured to pivot such that the at least one rolling device can conform to a profile, e.g., a concave profile, convex profile, a straight profile, or any combination thereof, of the guide track as the tractor unit is engaging the guide track. The locking mechanism, e.g., a bushing, is configured to prevent the pivot block from pivoting once the tractor unit has engaged to the guide track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Victor B. Miller, Jamil C. Snead, Richard D. Traver
  • Patent number: 9132499
    Abstract: A tractor unit mounting mechanism includes a clamping assembly that is configured to engage and disengage a tractor unit to a guide track. The guide track includes a first rail and a second rail. The mounting assembly also includes at least one pivot block set that has a first pivot block and a second pivot block. Each of the first pivot block and the second pivot block includes a first rolling device and a second rolling device. When the tractor unit is in a disengaged position, a first distance between an outer portion of the first rail and an outer portion of the second rail is greater than a second distance between the first rolling devices of the at least one pivot block set, and the first distance is less than a third distance between the second rolling devices of the at least one pivot block set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Victor B. Miller, Richard D. Traver, Jamil C. Snead
  • Patent number: 8714433
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of welding track clamps are disclosed herein. These track clamps provide several new features including, without limitation, alternate methods and apparatuses for adjusting clamping force and assemblies that provide for increased clamping force for rigidity and stability of welding tracks. The invention further provides ease of use and assembly/dissassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamil C. Snead, Richard D. Traver