James A Doyle

US Patent:

7628608, Dec 8, 2009

Filed:

Aug 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/198266

Inventors:

James Doyle - Los Angeles CA, US
Mark W. Fuller - Toluca Lake CA, US
Russell Nave - Quartz Hill CA, US
Ronald McGinnes - Little Rock CA, US

Assignee:

Wet Enterprises, Inc. - Sun Valley CA

International Classification:

F23Q 9/00

US Classification:

431278, 431285, 13759901

Abstract:

A submersible gas burner includes a pilot burner, a closed gas reservoir, and a first and second main burners. The pilot burner has a pilot burner tube with a closed upper end, an open lower end and a pilot gas inlet adjacent the upper end. The pilot burner provides a downwardly directed pilot flame. The closed gas reservoir has an upper end, a lower end, and a main gas inlet above the lower end. The main burners are coupled to the gas reservoir with upper ends adjacent the pilot burner and opposing lower ends coupled to the gas reservoir. The lower end of the first main burner is further from the lower end of the gas reservoir than the main gas inlet while the lower end of the second main burner is closer to the lower end of the gas reservoir than the main gas inlet.

US Patent:

8333331, Dec 18, 2012

Filed:

Jan 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/620596

Inventors:

Mark W. Fuller - Toluca Lake CA, US
James Doyle - Los Angeles CA, US
Helen Park - La Crescenta CA, US
Riae Yoo - Glendale CA, US
Michael Jason Baldwin - Van Nuys CA, US
Keith Kalis - Lancaster CA, US
John Edmark - Stanford CA, US

Assignee:

Wet Enterprises, Inc. - Sun Valley CA

International Classification:

B05B 17/08

US Classification:

239 17, 239 18

Abstract:

A decorative water display provides a laminar water bell. A gas burner may be provided inside the laminar water bell to produce a decorative flame. A laminar nozzle having an outlet arranged to eject a laminar jet of water upwardly in a substantially vertical direction may strike an impactor suspended directly above the outlet of the laminar nozzle such that the laminar jet of water forms the laminar water bell. Alternatively, a vertical pipe may supply water to a thin annular region between two plates such that water flowing between the two plates assumes a generally laminar flow characteristic and forms the laminar water bell when ejected from between the two plates. Alternatively, a hemispherical nozzle may have a slot arranged to eject a sheet of water upwardly to form a segment of the laminar water bell.

US Patent:

8511828, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Jun 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/172713

Inventors:

Mark Fuller - Toluca Lake CA, US
James Doyle - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Wet Enterprises, Inc. - Sun Valley CA

International Classification:

G03B 21/53
G03B 21/14

US Classification:

353 28, 353 10, 353 79, 359449, 359458, 352 86, 239 18

Abstract:

A multimedia presentation system a projector to project images toward an audience. A plurality of nozzles are partially submerged in a body of water at locations between the projector and the audience. The plurality of nozzles are located at different distances from the projector. Each of the plurality of nozzles is arranged to produce a fan like water mist onto which the projector projects images. A controller is coupled to the projector and the plurality of nozzles. The controller causes the projector to project images and at least one of the plurality of nozzles to produce a water mist in a synchronized sequence such that the images appear at different distances from the projector at different times. The controller may further control the orientation of each nozzle to vary the distance by inclining the plane of the water mist relative to the surface of the body of water.

US Patent:

20110132004, Jun 9, 2011

Filed:

Dec 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/963537

Inventors:

James Doyle - Burbank CA, US
Mark Fuller - Studio City CA, US
Karl Nettmann - Glendale CA, US

Assignee:

WET ENTERPRISES, INC,. DBA WET DESIGN - Sun Valley CA

International Classification:

F25C 1/00

US Classification:

62 74, 62347

Abstract:

An ice display device includes a chill tube and a piston that slides within the chill tube providing a fluidtight seal against the interior. The tube is filled with water and cooled to form an ice column. A shutter may selectively close the upper end of the chill tube with a fluidtight seal while the ice column is formed. The tube is warmed and the piston is lifted to an upper end of the tube to display the ice column. A plurality of water nozzles may selectively discharge streams of high pressure water inwardly to sculpt the ice column. An armature may extend upwardly from the piston to support and cool an interior of the ice column. The tube and armature may be cooled and warmed by a thermal transfer fluid. A device may be provided to induce turbulence in the thermal transfer fluid.

US Patent:

46848860, Aug 4, 1987

Filed:

May 17, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/735470

Inventors:

James H. Doyle - Orange CA

International Classification:

G01R 1510
G06G 712
H03F 136

US Classification:

324132

Abstract:

An automatic equalizer for an electronic measuring instrument using a transducer to measure a physical quantity. A signal amplifier in the instrument has a positive feedback application point and a negative feedback application point. The automatic equalizer has a plurality of stages, each comprising an amplifier that draws its input from the compensated output of the signal amplifier. Each equalizer stage is biased to operate over a different range of output signal levels, and the amount of feedback supplied by each stage back to the positive and negative feedback application points is separately adjustable so as to equalize a different segment of the transducer response curve. The required bias signal level for each equalizer is independent of the response characteristics of the transducer and therefore can be determined solely with reference to the range of magnitudes of the output signal.

US Patent:

59345586, Aug 10, 1999

Filed:

Nov 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/975637

Inventors:

Jorge Samayoa - Playa Del Rey CA
James Doyle - Burbank CA

Assignee:

Wet Enterprises, Inc. - Universal City CA

International Classification:

B05B 1708

US Classification:

239 20

Abstract:

A water display with multiple characteristics, providing a short burst of water or a steady stream of water of constant or variable height. The water display includes an interior cavity having a nozzle at the top for forming the desired stream size, and a flapper valve on the bottom through which the chamber may refill with water. A high pressure air line controllably provides high pressure air to the lower part of the chamber to force most of the water in the chamber out through the nozzle to provide a short blast of water to a height controlled by the air pressure. A second flapper valve, coupled to the chamber, allows a steady stream of water to enter the chamber and exit the nozzle from a water supply, typically a variable pressure water supply, so that a steady stream of water of variable and controllable height may be obtained. Use of the water display in plurality in coordination of the multiple modes of operation thereof provides a new visual effect. Various embodiments are described.

US Patent:

61318191, Oct 17, 2000

Filed:

Oct 15, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/174368

Inventors:

Mark W. Fuller - North Hollywood CA
John Canavan - Burbank CA
James Doyle - Burbank CA
Keith Kalis - Lancaster CA
Terry Van Blaricom - Sherman Oaks CA

Assignee:

WET Enterprises, Inc. - Universal City CA

International Classification:

F21P 700

US Classification:

239 20

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a decorative water display having many degrees of freedom. The water display has one or more water display nozzles mounted so that the direction of the nozzle may be controlled such as by a computer. In the preferred embodiment, the pressure of the water delivered to the nozzle may also be controlled as desired. Also controllable with the nozzle direction is appropriate lighting to illuminate the discharge from the nozzle for night time use. The elevation of the entire assembly is controllable, preferably between an operative position, a withdrawn position totally below the water surface and a service position extending above the water surface. Various embodiments and features are disclosed.

US Patent:

40344916, Jul 12, 1977

Filed:

Oct 3, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/619228

Inventors:

David R. Fisher - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Don C. Willis - Garden Grove CA
Frederick W. John - Los Angeles CA
James R. Powers - Los Angeles CA
James M. Doyle - Encino CA
Lonnie D. Cooper - Hawthorne CA
Dennis C. Rich - Los Angeles CA

Assignee:

Revell, Incorporated - Venice CA

International Classification:

G09F 1123

US Classification:

40 33

Abstract:

A display device such as a model of a blimp has an aperture formed on one side thereof for display of information carried on a screen within the blimp. Means are provided to rotate the screen and to illuminate the screen interior so as to sequentially display the information through the aperture.