Patents by Inventor Strachan D. Bowen

Strachan D. Bowen 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: 5421522
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly has a nozzle body and a nozzle insert. A sealing member for the assembly is mounted in a groove on the nozzle insert, so as to be removed with the insert. The sealing member, for example an O ring, provides both a sealing function and resiliently biases the insert and body into engagement with one another. Locking projections are provided on the body and insert. The insert has a frusto-conical surface on which the O ring is mounted, so that the O ring is both stretched radially and compressed between the body and insert. A second O ring seal can be provided. For ease of manufacture, locking projections on the insert are formed by a pressing operation, and these locking projections can include a short step to facilitate the engagement of the nozzle body and nozzle insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Bex Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Strachan D. Bowen
  • Patent number: 5316218
    Abstract: A rotating spray nozzle has a nozzle mounting member, for attachment to a supply pipe. A nozzle body is rotatably mounted on the nozzle mounting member, and includes at least one, but preferably two, slot-shaped nozzles. Each slot-shaped nozzle generates a fan-shaped spray in a plane. Each nozzle is inclined to intersect the axis of the nozzle axis, to ensure thorough distribution of spray, on either side of the nozzle body, across the nozzle axis. The slot-shaped nozzles can be formed as slots in a unitary nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Bex Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Strachan D. Bowen