Patents by Inventor Robert A. Lorenz

Robert A. Lorenz 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: 8459505
    Abstract: A locking access plug for a valve return spring for a beverage dispensing gun handle is disclosed. The locking access plug enables the compression and retention of the valve return spring and enables the retention of the locking access plug in the body of the handle until it is acted upon for the purpose of its removal; for example, for the servicing of the handle. A beverage dispensing gun having such a locking access plug can both keep a valve return spring in compression as well as interface with a sealing o-ring that seals between the locking access plug and the beverage dispensing gun handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Martindale, Bret D. Baker, Albert A. Soldano, Robert A. Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20110073617
    Abstract: A locking access plug for a valve return spring for a beverage dispensing gun handle is disclosed. The locking access plug enables the compression and retention of the valve return spring and enables the retention of the locking access plug in the body of the handle until it is acted upon for the purpose of its removal; for example, for the servicing of the handle. A beverage dispensing gun having such a locking access plug can both keep a valve return spring in compression as well as interface with a sealing o-ring that seals between the locking access plug and the beverage dispensing gun handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Martindale, Bret D. Baker, Albert A. Soldano, Robert A. Lorenz
  • Patent number: 4558764
    Abstract: A scaffolding system useable on either a flat or pitched gable roof a roof and including a mast, rollers which connect the mast to the roof, and a winch for adjusting the position of the scaffolding system relative to the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Inventor: Robert A. Lorenz