Patents by Inventor Robert J. Benjamin

Robert J. Benjamin 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: 4891024
    Abstract: A marine propeller equipped drive unit is provided for support from the transom of a boat in generally the same manner an outboard motor is supported from a boat transom and a pedal crank assembly is provided for mounting within a boat forward of a transverse seat thereof to be operated by the legs of a person supported from the seat, the pedal crank assembly including an output shaft and the drive unit including an upper end input shaft and there being provided an open drive shaft assembly extending between and operably connecting the output shaft to the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Inventor: Robert J. Benjamin
  • Patent number: 4149842
    Abstract: A burner for hydrocarbon fuel, such as waste lubricating oil for internal combustion engines and the like, has a fuel line terminating in a discharge nozzle and connected to a source of the fuel. Arranged within the fuel line and terminating in a discharge outlet disposed substantially adjacent the discharge nozzle is a gas line connected to a source of a gas under pressure. The gas lifts and atomizes the fuel and causes same to discharge from the nozzle and into a combustion chamber. The latter is preferably formed by a burner can provided with one or more apertures in a sidewall thereof, and having a baffle disposed spaced from, but adjacent to, the discharge nozzle, which is disposed just inside the combustion chamber, for avoiding carbon buildup on the end of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Inventor: Robert J. Benjamin