Patents by Inventor Wayne M. Collins

Wayne M. Collins 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).

  • Reciprocating pump or motor
    Patent number: 5085563
    Abstract: A linear motion reciprocating pump having a cylindrical housing, a magnetically permeable plunger mounted for reciprocal motion in said housing, the plunger including an opening to permit the passage of fluid from one end of the housing through the plunger to the other end of the housing, a power coil mounted on one end of the housing for attracting the plunger toward the one end, a reset coil mounted on the other end of the housing for attracting the plunger toward the other end of the housing, an electrical circuit operatively connected to energize the coils, the circuit including means for alternately controlling the enerization of the coils in phase to reciprocate said plunger in the housing whereby the voltage across the energized coil crosses through zero causing the plunger to be expelled from the energized coil just prior to energization of the other coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Collins Development Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne M. Collins, Michael R. Collins
  • Ozone generator system
    Patent number: 4869881
    Abstract: An ozone generator of the type having a high tension electrode and a grounded electrode mounted in a spaced relation, one of the electrodes having a dielectric member applied to or mounted on one of the surfaces of the electrode, the dielectric member including a layer of resilient dielectric material having a coating of particles of an inorganic material either sprinkled on or embedded in the surface of said dielectric material facing the other electrode and a timing circuit connected to said electrodes to provide a constant voltage pulse at intermittent time intervals, the voltage pulses being controlled by a silicon controlled rectifier and the frequency of said rectifier being controlled by a bilateral mosfet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Pillar Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne m. Collins
  • Resilient dielectric electrode for corona discharge devices
    Patent number: 4770858
    Abstract: An electrode for an ozone generator of the type having a high tension electrode and a grounded electrode mounted in a spaced relation, one of the electrodes having a dielectric member applied to or mounted on one of the surfaces of the electrode, the dielectric member, including a layer of resilient dielectric material having a coating of particles of an inorganic material either sprinkled on or embedded in the surface of said dielectric material facing the other electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Pillar Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne M. Collins