Dale A Jensen

US Patent:

6981338, Jan 3, 2006

Filed:

Dec 23, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/743930

Inventors:

Dale S. Jensen - Smithfield UT, US
Edward E. Durrant - Providence UT, US

International Classification:

F26B 13/30

US Classification:

34 92, 15320

Abstract:

A device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric, such as a vacuum head device for removing liquid from carpet, includes a first and second surface forming an extraction slot. The first surface may include a plurality of channels extending towards the extraction slot configured to direct the liquid toward the extraction slot. Alternatively, the first surface may have a smaller surface area and the second surface may be configured with a lower surface in order to penetrate the carpet and act as a squeegee. The cross-sections of the first and second surfaces are preferably circular. In another embodiment, the cross-sections of the first and second surfaces may comprise, but are not limited to, a semi-rectangular cross section, a V-shaped cross-section, or an elliptical cross-section.

US Patent:

20040118439, Jun 24, 2004

Filed:

Sep 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/655815

Inventors:

Edward Durrant - Providence UT, US
Dale Jensen - Smithfield UT, US
Shawn Rodeback - Smithfield UT, US

International Classification:

D06B001/02

US Classification:

134/094100, 134/198000, 008/148000, 008/158000, 068/20500R, 015/302000, 015/320000, 015/321000

Abstract:

A vehicle mounted low amount of solution textile cleaning system. Uniquely, the present invention provides for a truck mountable textile cleaning system that: 1) uses less water than the typical existing truck mounted cleaning systems to clean the same amount of area; 2) requires a smaller amount of environmentally damaging water-based cleaning solutions so that fewer trips to dump sites are needed for the same amount of cleaning; and 3) has a self contained water-based cleaning solution that does not have to be connected to a customers expensive water supply during operation. The invention may provide a vehicle that is adapted to implement application of a cleaning solution to a remote textile area to be cleaned. Specifically, the vehicle may comprise a storage system, positioned in the vehicle, and designed to hold the cleaning solution. Additionally, there may be a delivery system fluidly coupled to the storage system to enable delivery of the cleaning solution to the textile area to be cleaned. There is also an effluent storage system, positioned in the vehicle, and designed to hold dirty cleaning solution that has been extracted from the textile area.

US Patent:

20120023698, Feb 2, 2012

Filed:

Jul 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/193107

Inventors:

Edward E. Durrant - Paradise UT, US
Dale S. Jensen - Smithfield UT, US
Craig L. Donaldson - Logan UT, US
Monte G. Taylor - Logan UT, US

Assignee:

HARRIS RESEARCH, INC. - Logan UT

International Classification:

A47L 5/00

US Classification:

15319

Abstract:

An apparatus is disclosed for a rotary head cleaner. The apparatus includes a plurality of liquid extraction devices positioned radially on a floor-facing surface of a rotary head, a driveshaft disposed between a rotary motor configured to rotate the rotary head, and a housing disposed between the rotary motor and the rotary head for supporting a wheel, and a handle. The apparatus also includes an evacuation tank having a capacity sensor in communication with an evacuation pump, the capacity sensor configured to detect when a maximum desired capacity of evacuated liquids is reached, a vacuum motor connected with the housing and configured to provide a suction force to the liquid extraction devices to extract liquid from a floor to the evacuation tank, and wherein a weight of the rotary motor, housing, handle, retractable wheel, and vacuum motor is supported by the liquid extraction devices.

US Patent:

20130067683, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/621746

Inventors:

Edward E. Durrant - Paradise UT, US
Dale S. Jensen - Smithfield UT, US
Craig L. Donaldson - Logan UT, US
Roger C. Andersen - Logan UT, US
Monte G. Taylor - Logan UT, US

Assignee:

HARRIS RESEARCH, INC. - Logan UT

International Classification:

A47L 9/02

US Classification:

154151

Abstract:

A cleaning apparatus is disclosed for extracting a liquid from a surface. The apparatus includes at least one extraction head that has at least one aperture that is facing the surface to be cleaned. The vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum pathway situated between the at least one extraction head and a riser that is connected to a vacuum motor. The internal surfaces of the vacuum pathway are smooth and the vacuum pathway has certain dimensions and orientations that optimize the extraction of a liquid from a surface.

US Patent:

20130192469, Aug 1, 2013

Filed:

Dec 20, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/722924

Inventors:

Harris Research, Inc. - Logan UT, US
Dale S. Jensen - Smithfield UT, US
Roger C. Andersen - Logan UT, US

Assignee:

HARRIS RESEARCH, INC. - Logan UT

International Classification:

B01D 19/04

US Classification:

96176, 516115, 516132, 516123

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a defoaming substance for defoaming an aqueous solution. The defoaming substance includes a defoaming agent and a carrier material intermixed with the defoaming agent to form a solid mass, the carrier material being at least minimally soluble in the aqueous solution. In one embodiment, the carrier material includes at least one type of organic acid. The defoaming agent may include at least one type of silicon-based defoamer. The present disclosure also relates to a method for making a defoaming substance. The method may include selecting a defoaming agent capable of hindering foam formation and reducing foam build-up in an aqueous solution, selecting a carrier material that is at least minimally soluble in the aqueous solution, combining the defoaming agent with the carrier material, and forming the combined defoaming agent and carrier material into a solid defoaming substance.

US Patent:

20130327991, Dec 12, 2013

Filed:

Mar 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/849378

Inventors:

Dale S. Jensen - Smithfield UT, US
Roger C. Andersen - Logan UT, US

International Classification:

C09K 15/02

US Classification:

252387

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to an anti-corrosion substance that includes an anti-corrosion agent and a carrier material. The carrier material is at least minimally soluble in aqueous solutions. An anti-corrosion apparatus is also disclosed, the apparatus including an anti-corrosion agent and a carrier configured to controllably exude the contained anti-corrosion agent. Also disclosed is a method for producing a block of anti-corrosion substance, which includes selecting an anti-corrosion agent, selecting a carrier material, combining the anti-corrosion agent with the carrier material, and forming the anti-corrosion substance from the combination of the anti-corrosion agent and the carrier material.

US Patent:

20170224185, Aug 10, 2017

Filed:

Feb 8, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/428011

Inventors:

- Nashville TN, US
Sterling Elliot Nesbit - Malad City ID, US
Dale Jensen - Smithfield UT, US

International Classification:

A47L 11/40
A47L 11/30
A47L 11/34
F01N 5/02
F01P 3/20

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method for dual-mode vehicle-mounted cleaning are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heat-exchanger subsystem having first and second heat-receiving pathways and a heat-providing pathway. Heat exhaust from a combustion engine is routed through the heat-providing pathway to transfer heat to both the first and second heat-receiving pathways. The first heat-receiving pathway, the second heat-receiving pathway, and the heat-providing pathway are fluidly independent of each other. The apparatus also includes a first liquid pathway fluidly coupled to the first heat-receiving pathway, configured to direct a hard-surface cleaning liquid, by a first pump, through the first heat-receiving pathway to a hard-surface cleaning tool, and a second liquid pathway fluidly coupled to the second heat-receiving pathway, configured to direct a soft-surface cleaning liquid, at a lower pressure than a first liquid in the first liquid pathway, through the second heat-receiving pathway to a soft-surface cleaning tool.