Patents by Inventor Burton Brooks

Burton Brooks 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).

  • Sulfonating method
    Patent number: 4185030
    Abstract: An organic reactant is sulfonated by injecting it into a stream of gas comprising sulfur trioxide, at a venturi, and the resulting reaction mixture is quenched with a stream of cooled, recycled reaction product immediately downstream of the venturi in a conduit in which particles of reaction mixture are agglomerated into a film of the recycle stream and in which additional sulfonation reaction occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: The Chemithon Corporation
    Inventors: Burton Brooks, Richard J. Brooks
  • Spray drying method
    Patent number: 4171243
    Abstract: A method for spray drying an aqueous slurry in a spray drying tower. Hot effluent gases containing steam are divided into two portions. One portion is heated and recycled to the spray drying tower as part of the heated gas stream which dries the slurry. The other portion is condensed and subjected to a contaminant-removal operation such as scrubbing or electrostatic precipitation, under controlled conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1979
    Assignee: The Chemithon Corporation
    Inventors: Burton Brooks, Richard J. Brooks
  • Sulfonating apparatus
    Patent number: 4113438
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided wherein organic reactant is sulfonated by injecting it into a stream of gas comprising sulfur trioxide, at a venturi, and the resulting reaction mixture is quenched with a stream of cooled, recycled reaction product immediately downstream of the venturi in a conduit in which particles of reaction mixture are agglomerated into a film of the recycle stream and in which additional sulfonation reaction occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: The Chemithon Corporation
    Inventors: Burton Brooks, Richard J. Brooks
  • Gas scrubbing method
    Patent number: 4096236
    Abstract: A scrubbing system including scrubbers having straight through or direct line gas flow, with steam pretreatment of the gases supplied to the scrubber. The scrubbing solution may be recycled. Where steam is present in the process, the effluent gas is partially recycled to the process upstream of the scrubber to maintain a predetermined level of steam moisture in the gases entering the scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: The Chemithon Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Brooks, Burton Brooks