Patents by Inventor Andrea Elaine Buchanan

Andrea Elaine Buchanan 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).

  • Publication number: 20110171081
    Abstract: A corrosion-inhibiting device includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a corrosion-inhibiting material positioned within the housing downstream of the inlet. At least a portion of the corrosion-inhibiting material is released into a fluid stream flowing toward the outlet. The corrosion-inhibiting device also includes an impeller supported for rotation within the housing and an oxidation removal means movable in response to rotation of the impeller and engageable with the corrosion-inhibiting material to remove oxidation formed on the corrosion-inhibiting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Andrea Elaine Buchanan
  • Patent number: 7931803
    Abstract: A fluid filter (1) comprises a housing (3) provided with a fluid inlet (11) and a fluid outlet (19), filter means (45) being mounted in the house (3) between the fluid inlet (11) and the fluid outlet (19) to filter fluid flowing through the housing (3). Actuation means (43) is provided to move the filter means (45), in use, within the housing (3) to dislodge particles of filtered material from the filter means (45) so as to clean the filter means (45). A filter assembly comprising a plurality of such filters is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Andrea Elaine Buchanan