DR. CRAIG STANLEY SAWKA, D.D.S.
Dentist at Garfield Rd, Traverse City, MI

5358738, Oct 25, 1994

Mar 31, 1993

8/040885

Craig S. Sawka - Grosse Ile MI

B05D 700

427220

The surfaces of masses of wood chips are painted to pre-selected colors by conveying the chips along an elongated path in an auger-type screw conveyor and, simultaneously, spraying predetermined amounts of a liquid colorant or paint, upon the mass of moving chips. The rotating screw is arranged within a U-shaped, in cross-section, trough. The conveyor is divided into a closed paint application zone, within which the paint is sprayed upon the moving mass of chips, and a following paint spreading and paint drying zone, in which the trough is open to the atmosphere to allow air circulation and evaporation to enhance the drying process of the paint. The paint is spread upon the surfaces of the chips by the autogenous action of the tumbling chips contacting and rubbing against each other as they are conveyed along the path from the feed end of the screw to the discharge end thereof. The paint is sprayed into the mass of chips at separated locations along the length of the first zone and the total amount of paint applied is correlated to the amount needed for covering the surfaces of the wood chips without substantially soaking beneath the surfaces of the chips to avoid saturating the chips.

2003007, May 1, 2003

Oct 30, 2001

10/015182

Craig Sawka - Grosse Ile MI, US

A61M016/00

128/200110, 128/204140

A breathing aid device is disclosed which includes an air stream source, a mouthpiece that is received in the mouth of a user, a conduit interconnecting the air stream source and the mouthpiece, and a water source that introduces water into the air stream, where liquid water droplets are periodically sprayed through the mouthpiece and into the mouth of a user by the air stream. A method of relieving parched breathing passages is also disclosed, which involves providing a mouthpiece connected to an air stream, periodically spraying liquid water droplets, carried by said air stream, through said mouthpiece into the mouth of the user.