Charles Edward Owens

US Patent:

41084586, Aug 22, 1978

Filed:

Dec 15, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/750966

Inventors:

Charles Owens - Baytown TX

International Classification:

B60R 302

US Classification:

280166

Abstract:

This device consists primarily of a pipe which telescopingly receives a rod having a foot guard attached at one end. The device includes a plate welding to the pipe which bolts to the truck body, and the opposite end of the pipe is welded to a plate which abuts with the lower portion of the front fender of the truck. A rubber gasket on the assembly, serves as friction means, against the rod so as to prevent it from sliding outwards of the vehicle, when it is in motion.

US Patent:

42788560, Jul 14, 1981

Filed:

Jun 29, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/053266

Inventors:

Charles A. Owens - Houston TX

International Classification:

H01H 3538

US Classification:

200 82R

Abstract:

An apparatus for use with pressurized fluid supply lines which will electrically shut down a fluid pump and the machinery to which the fluid is furnished whenever a predetermined pressure drop occurs in a fluid supply line from the pump. The apparatus provides a visible indication when it is actuated by the predetermined pressure drop, so that when a series of the apparatus is used in an installation, for a plurality of lubricators or the like, the operator can readily determine which apparatus of the series was actuated by the pressure drop. Additionally, this apparatus has means for attracting and holding foreign magnetic particles in the pressurized fluid flowing through the apparatus.

US Patent:

41730151, Oct 30, 1979

Filed:

Aug 16, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/934232

Inventors:

Charles D. Owens - Allen TX
Leon H. Bourek - Richardson TX
Johnnie C. Sikes - Arlington TX

Assignee:

Recognition Equipment Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G06K 904

US Classification:

3401463H

Abstract:

A system and method for character presence detection having the capability of locating characters within a line of characters represented by a binary stream of data bits. The stream of binary data bits is divided into scans which correspond to scans of a photocell array. The system for character presence detection receives the binary stream. Each data bit has a unique position within its particular scan, which corresponds to the selection of a particular photocell of the photocell array as the output thereof, and, therefore, the binary stream of data bits comprises an image corresponding to alphanumeric characters disposed upon a written medium. That is, the data bits comprise an image of characters which form a line disposed along a written medium. Within the binary stream, some data bits represent character information and the remainder represents background information. The system compares each scan to a plurality of criterion, each criterion being unique, and forms a series of character segments and spaces based on the results of the comparison of each scan to each of the criterion.

Author:

Charles A. Owens

ISBN #:

0442270666

Author:

Charles E. Owens

ISBN #:

0669011010