Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Schaffer

Stephen C. Schaffer 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: 5514026
    Abstract: A symmetrically balanced, integrated, portable, refillable, serviceable, adjustable, self contained tool, suitable for single hand operation, for ejecting a stream of particulate, powdered, or liquid material toward a target combining a supply reservoir containing the materials, a portable propellant container adapted to the supply reservoir, carrying compressed propellant liquid, a propellant release valve delivering propellant from the container via a constricted air jet orifice to a angular mixing chamber positioned above the uppermost level of materials the materials supply reservoir, a delivery conduit connecting the lower portion of the supply materials reservoir chamber to the angular mixing chamber through an adjustment valve, delivering a stream of materials aspirated from the materials supply reservoir by the negative atmospheric pressure deferential created by a Venturi effect to the angular mixing chamber, driving the compressed gas and materials through the connected nozzle containing a cylindric
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Sandair Nevada, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen C. Schaffer
  • Patent number: 5181349
    Abstract: A symmetrically balanced unitary portable self-contained tool, suitable for single-hand operation, for ejecting a stream of granular particles toward a target sit combines a supply hopper containing the granular particles, a portable propellant container carrying compressed propellant liquid, a propellant release valve delivering propellant from the container via a constricted Venturi orifice to a mixing chamber positioned above the uppermost level of particles in the hopper, a delivery conduit connecting the lower portion of the supply hopper to the mixing chamber, and a nozzle connected to deliver a stream of granular particles aspirated from the supply hopper through the mixing chamber by the negative pressure differential created at the Venturi orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Sandair Nevada, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen C. Schaffer