Patents by Inventor Alan Mark Giles

Alan Mark Giles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Carbonising and/or activating carbonaceous material
    Patent number: 8501142
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Tennison, Jonathan Robert Tunbridge, Roger Nicholas Place, Andrew John Blackburn, Alan Mark Giles
  • Carbonising and/or Activating Carbonaceous Material
    Publication number: 20100098615
    Abstract: A method is provided for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material, which comprises supplying the material to an externally fired rotary kiln maintained at carbonizing and activating temperatures, the kiln having a downward slope to progress the material as it rotates, the kiln having an atmosphere substantially free of oxygen provided by a counter-current of steam or carbon dioxide, and annular weirs being provided at intervals along the kiln to control progress of the material. There may further be provided an externally fired rotary kiln for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material having a hollow rotary body that has a downward slope towards a discharge end thereof, and which is provided at intervals along its length with annular weirs for controlling progress of the carbonaceous material. In embodiments, there is also provided a process is for producing discrete solid beads of polymeric material e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Tennison, Jonathan Robert Tunbridge, Roger Nicholas Place, Andrew John Blackburn, Alan Mark Giles