Richard P Borglum

US Patent:

6651908, Nov 25, 2003

Filed:

Jul 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/904351

Inventors:

Richard P. Borglum - Nashua IA
Anthony R. Borglum - Waterloo IA
Kevin M. Kraus - Cedar Falls IA

Assignee:

Richway Industries, Ltd. - Janesville IA

International Classification:

B05B 730

US Classification:

239343, 239311, 239142, 239143, 239337, 239348, 239DIG 23, 222190

Abstract:

The foam marking device of the present invention includes a solution tank with a tube extending upwardly therein. An air line extends from an air pump and into the tank so as to provide air into the tube. The air passes through a porous element so as to create air bubbles. The tube includes an elongated slot that allows foam solution within the tank to enter the tube. The air bubbles generate foam within the upper end of the tube. The foam passes through a homogenizer at the upper end of the tube and then into a foam line for discharge onto the ground. The slot serves dual functions, by allowing solution in the tank to enter the tube and by allowing foam within the tube to enter the tank when the pressure in the foam discharge line exceeds the pressure within the tube.

US Patent:

7118086, Oct 10, 2006

Filed:

Mar 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/071938

Inventors:

Anthony R. Borglum - Cedar Falls IA, US
John C. Estapa - Lynnville IA, US
Corey W. Cerwinske - Waverly IL, US
Richard P. Borglum - Janesville IA, US
Perry R. Anderson - Scottsdale AZ, US

Assignee:

Richway Industries Ltd. - Janesville IA

International Classification:

F16K 7/04

US Classification:

251 5, 251 3001

Abstract:

A pinch valve includes a body with a passageway extending therethrough, a flexible sleeve mounted within the body and surrounding the passageway, and a cavity between the sleeve and the body. An inlet opening provides control fluid flow into the cavity, while an outlet opening allows for fluid exhaust from the cavity. The diameters of the inlet and outlet openings are fixed, with the inlet diameter being smaller than the outlet diameter. A two-way control valve opens and closes the outlet opening, and thereby controls opening and closing of the pinch valve.

US Patent:

42968755, Oct 27, 1981

Filed:

Nov 29, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/098500

Inventors:

Richard P. Borglum - Janesville IA

Assignee:

Richway Industries Ltd. - Janesville IA

International Classification:

A01C 1500
B05B 730

US Classification:

222617

Abstract:

The foam dispensing apparatus is mountable on a self-propelled or manually propelled vehicle such as a planting, fertilizing and spraying machine or like surface working vehicles. A peristaltic or squeeze type pump has an inlet section for receiving air and a foam agent solution which are mixed and successively moved through the pump for discharge in a foam form from the pump outlet section. A discharge nozzle connected to the outlet section is arranged to apply the foam material on the ground surface at a position adjacent to one side of the vehicle. The pump is driven at a rate in response to the ground speed of the vehicle over the ground surface and the air and foam agent solution mixture may be proportionally varied to maintain visual observance of the foam on the ground surface for varying time periods.

US Patent:

63149966, Nov 13, 2001

Filed:

Jul 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/626031

Inventors:

Richard P. Borglum - Nashua IA
Anthony R. Borglum - Nashua IA
Corey W. Cerwinske - Nashua IA

Assignee:

Richway Industries, Ltd. - Janesville IA

International Classification:

B01F 1502
G05D 1102

US Classification:

13756529

Abstract:

A foam marking system is provided with separate tanks for water and foam concentrate. A water pump and a concentrate pump deliver water and concentrate from the respective tanks to a mixing chamber at a pre-selected ratio. The water pump is controlled by a master control, while the concentrate pump is controlled by a slave control depending from the master control. The master control generates and output signal which is sent to both the water pump and the slave control, such that the slave control and concentrate pump operate as a function of the master control and water pump, so that the selected mix ratio can be maintained, regardless of the output level of the foam from the system. A foam generation chamber connected to the mixing chamber and to an air source generates foam when the foam solution is mixed with air.