Richard G Junkins

US Patent:

20040074250, Apr 22, 2004

Filed:

Oct 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/274875

Inventors:

Richard Junkins - Ardmore AL, US

International Classification:

F25D023/12
F25D003/02

US Classification:

062/259300, 062/459000

Abstract:

A cooling apparatus includes a base unit in the form of an insulated tank that defines a refrigerant chamber therein for refrigerant, a discharge unit for discharging a flow of air, and a closed circulation system for transferring coolness from the refrigerant in the refrigerant chamber to the air flow in the discharge unit, the circulation system including a first tube coil in the refrigerant chamber, and second tube coil in the discharge unit, a pump, and hoses for conveying coolant from the first tube coil to the second tube coil and back to the pump. The base unit can be harnessed to a user as a backpack and the discharge unit can be a helmet worn by the user, the hoses connected therebetween being flexible. The refrigerant supplied to the refrigerant chamber can be ice and the coolant flowing through the closed circulation system can be water.

US Patent:

20110017232, Jan 27, 2011

Filed:

Jul 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/840086

Inventors:

Richard Garland Junkins - Ardmore AL, US

International Classification:

A47L 17/06
B08B 11/00

US Classification:

134 6, 1523606

Abstract:

A device for cleaning paint from a paintbrush is provided. Interlocking teeth are affixed to two cleaning heads rotatably connected together. The cleaning heads “sandwich” the bristles of the paintbrush and pull paint from the brush. Squeegee bars affixed to each of the cleaning heads clean paint from the outside of the brush while V-shaped teeth on tooth plates clean paint from within the bristles.