Patents by Inventor Antony Lofredo

Antony Lofredo 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).

  • Process and apparatus for handling a vaporized gaseous stream of a cryogenic liquid
    Patent number: 4689962
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and apparatus for passing the uncondensed and/or vaporized gaseous stream generated from a cryogenic liquid in heat transfer relationship with a compressed gaseous stream thereof thereby to heat the uncondensed and/or vaporized gaseous stream prior to compression thereof to form a portion of said compressed gaseous stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: The Boc Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Lofredo
  • Removing radioactive noble gases from nuclear process off-gases
    Patent number: 4012490
    Abstract: A system for separating, concentrating and storing radioactive krypton and xenon in the off-gases from a boiling water reactor, wherein adsorption and cryogenic distillation are both efficiently used for rapid and positive separation and removal of the radioactive noble gases, and for limiting such gases in circulation in the system to low inventory at all times, and wherein the system is self-regulating to eliminate operator options or attention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Airco, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Lofredo