Patents by Inventor Brian P. Cluggish

Brian P. Cluggish 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).

  • Molten salt collector for plasma separations
    Patent number: 6632369
    Abstract: A collector for use in removing metal ions from a plasma in a vacuum chamber includes a collector plate that is mounted inside the chamber and formed with an internal cooling channel. An injector introduces a dissociated salt into the chamber with a first throughput value, and it introduces a plasma including metal ions into the chamber with a lower second throughput value. A pump is used to pump a liquid coolant through the cooling channel to maintain the collector plate at a temperature that forms a portion of the salt as a protective layer on the collector plate, and causes the salt to thereafter deposit on the layer in a molten condition at a faster rate than evaporation therefrom to trap metal ions therein. The trapped metal ions are then removed with the molten salt from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Archimedes Technology Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Cluggish, Stephen F. Agnew, Sergei Putvinski
  • Molten salt collector for plasma separations
    Publication number: 20030066793
    Abstract: A collector for use in removing metal ions from a plasma in a vacuum chamber includes a collector plate that is mounted inside the chamber and formed with an internal cooling channel. An injector introduces a dissociated salt into the chamber with a first throughput value, and it introduces a plasma including metal ions into the chamber with a lower second throughput value. A pump is used to pump a liquid coolant through the cooling channel to maintain the collector plate at a temperature that forms a portion of the salt as a protective layer on the collector plate, and causes the salt to thereafter deposit on the layer in a molten condition at a faster rate than evaporation therefrom to trap metal ions therein. The trapped metal ions are then removed with the molten salt from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Brian P. Cluggish, Stephen F. Agnew, Sergei Putvinski