Patents by Inventor Ricky VanBuren

Ricky VanBuren 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).

  • Method and apparatus for applying rock dust to a mine wall
    Patent number: 10071269
    Abstract: Rock dust is applied to a mine wall for mine fire suppression in combination with a chemical foam, by generating the foam from air and a foamable liquid in a mixing chamber, and delivering the foam through one flexible conduit and air-entrained rock dust through another flexible conduit to a portable assembly composed of a Y-joint and a delivery nozzle for combining the foam and rock dust and applying the combination directly to a mine wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Rusmar Incorporated
    Inventor: Ricky VanBuren
  • Method and apparatus for applying rock dust to a mine wall
    Patent number: 9228435
    Abstract: Rock dust is applied to a mine wall for mine fire suppression in combination with a chemical foam, by generating the foam from air and a foamable liquid in a mixing chamber, and delivering the foam through one flexible conduit and a suspension of rock dust in water through another flexible conduit to a combiner, and causing the combined foam, rock dust and water to pass through a flexible hose to a delivery nozzle from which it is applied to a mine wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Rusmar Incorporated
    Inventor: Ricky VanBuren
  • PROCESS FOR APPLYING ROCK DUST TO A MINE WALL
    Publication number: 20150115690
    Abstract: Rock dust is applied to a coal mine wall for mine fire suppression in combination with a chemical foam containing a saturated fatty acid, preferably stearic acid, which imparts hydrophobic properties to the rock dust particles, avoiding agglomeration. The rock dust and foam containing a saturated fatty acid are combined by causing the rock dust and foam to flow through separate conduits to a combiner from which the resulting mixture is caused to flow through a nozzle for application to the mine wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Rusmar Incorporated
    Inventor: Ricky VanBuren
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ROCK DUST TO A MINE WALL
    Publication number: 20150114671
    Abstract: Rock dust is applied to a mine wall for mine fire suppression in combination with a chemical foam, by generating the foam from air and a foamable liquid in a mixing chamber, and delivering the foam through one flexible conduit and a suspension of rock dust in water through another flexible conduit to a combiner, and causing the combined foam, rock dust and water to pass through a flexible hose to a delivery nozzle from which it is applied to a mine wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Rusmar Incorporated
    Inventor: Ricky VanBuren