Patents by Inventor Wallace E. Johnson

Wallace E. Johnson 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: 6584720
    Abstract: A device is disclosed which enables a scoped firearm owner to determine whether a scope has lost zero due to being moved or hit. A blank cartridge form is attached to a second scope by a bracket. To use, the rifle is first sighted in, then the blank cartridge form is inserted to the rifle chamber and the device is rotated around the chamber until a stop device protruding from the bracket touches the rifle scope. The rifle is then placed in a firm rest with the crosshairs of the rifle scope centered on a target at a known distance and the second scope then adjusted to indicate the same aiming point. If the owner is later unsure whether the scope has lost zero, a target can be set up at the same distance, the device again mounted to the rifle, and the two scopes viewed to determine whether the same impact point is indicated. If it is not, the rifle scope can then be adjusted to the spot indicated by the device scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Wallace E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6440349
    Abstract: To form a candle blank, a volume of hot liquid candle wax is injected into a generally cylindrical chamber having a length and a diameter. The hot liquid candle wax is then cooled and the length of the generally cylindrical chamber is reduced as the wax cools, so that the volume of the chamber remains substantially that of the volume of the shrinking wax. By operating in this manner, there is no room for a void to form. An apparatus to carry out the process comprises a block, a piston, a gate, a means to inject the wax, and a means to move the piston so that it follows the shrinkage of the wax as it solidifies. The block defines a generally cylindrical mold chamber for the candle blank. The mold chamber has a generally vertically positioned longitudinal axis, an upper end, and a lower end. The piston is positioned in the chamber to slide from the upper end to the lower end of the chamber. The gate is positioned at a lower end of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Wallace E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4582241
    Abstract: A force transmitting toggle assembly having a plurality of toggle bars disposed between bar end engagement elements which provide a plurality of opposed bearing surfaces, the toggle bars being relatively movable in angular directions; the toggle bars having end engagement surfaces engageable with the opposed bearing surfaces, such that a force acting on one of the engagement elements is transmitted through the toggle bars to the other engagement elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Inventor: Wallace E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4468930
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a freeze crystallization subassembly having means for continuously removing crystals formed on a heat transfer surface from the surface. A scraper shuttle is moved across the heat transfer surface by a fluid being refrigerated to remove crystals from the surface. The crystals are carried to a mixer where they are mixed with incoming feed until a circulating slurry is produced. Means is provided to remove slurry from the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Concentration Specialists, Inc.
    Inventor: Wallace E. Johnson