Patents by Inventor Augustus Ashton

Augustus Ashton 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).

  • Upper bundle steam generator cleaning system and method
    Patent number: 5564371
    Abstract: An upper bundle steam generator cleaning system including a cleaning head deployment and support device receivable through a hand hole of the steam generator and including retractable cylinders which raise the cleaning head up through the flow slots to position a cleaning head about a flow slot of the upper tube bundles; and a cleaning head mounted with the support device for directing fluid about the tubes of the upper bundles of the steam generator for directing fluid about the tubes of the upper bundles of the steam generator thereby cleaning the generator from the top down flushing deposits downward during the cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Foster Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus Ashton, Timothy Lovett, Dan Fischbach
  • Upper bundle steam generator cleaning system and method
    Patent number: RE38542
    Abstract: An upper bundle steam generator cleaning system including a cleaning head deployment and support device receivable through a hand hole of the steam generator and including retractable cylinders which raise the cleaning head up through the flow slots to position a cleaning head about a flow slot of the upper tube bundles; and a cleaning head mounted with the support device for directing fluid about the tubes of the upper bundles of the steam generator for directing fluid about the tubes of the upper bundles of the steam generator thereby cleaning the generator from the top down flushing deposits downward during the cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus Ashton, Timothy Lovett, Daniel L. Fischbach