Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Zabriskie

Thomas C. Zabriskie 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).

  • Semi-automatic gas pilot orifice clean-out device
    Patent number: 6746233
    Abstract: A semi-automatic gas pilot clean-out device and a gas pilot with the device useful in agricultural brooders and other appliances that utilize a gas pilot as an ignition source. The device has a plunger rod with a clean-out pin attached to one end and a push button assembly attached to the other end. The assembly when mounted within a gas pilot housing can be actuated by manually pressing the button of the assembly to move the plunger rod toward a gas outlet of the gas pilot so that the tip of the clean-out pin passes through the gas outlet, removing debris therefrom. When pressure is no longer applied to the button, the assembly returns to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: L. B. White Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Zabriskie, John L. Tomlinson
  • Semi-automatic gas pilot orifice clean-out device
    Publication number: 20030073050
    Abstract: A semi-automatic gas pilot clean-out device and a gas pilot with the device useful in agricultural brooders and other appliances that utilize a gas pilot as an ignition source. The device has a plunger rod with a clean-out pin attached to one end and a push button assembly attached to the other end. The assembly when mounted within a gas pilot housing can be actuated by manually pressing the button of the assembly to move the plunger rod toward a gas outlet of the gas pilot so that the tip of the clean-out pin passes through the gas outlet, removing debris therefrom. When pressure is no longer applied to the button, the assembly returns to an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas C. Zabriskie, John L. Tomlinson