Patents by Inventor Carl S. Cummings

Carl S. Cummings 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).

  • Patent number: 6335709
    Abstract: A service tower integrates a water tank and an antenna mast into a single structure. The integrated tower structure has a bottom tank for holding water, a top member for mounting the antenna, and a middle transitional section that connects the larger diameter tanker to the smaller mast. A cable is port formed in the bottom end of the mast to receive communications cables from the exterior sidewall of the tank and deliver them to the interior sidewall of the mast. An antenna support is fastened to the mast above the cable port. A hollow support arm is fastened to the mast about an opening forming a passageway from the interior of the mast to the interior of the support arm. Cables are routed through the passageway to the antenna from inside the mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Utility Service Company
    Inventor: Carl S. Cummings
  • Patent number: 4962279
    Abstract: An improvement is disclosed applicable to the production of calcined and hydrous kaolins in particulate form. A process and system are disclosed in which the calciner is integrated with a filtration process and a preceding spray dryer by passing the dust-laden calciner hot off-gases to the spray dryer to achieve savings in energy. Waste heat from the calciner, and concomitantly dustlike clay particles carried in the off-gas, are thereby passed to the dryer and subsequently treated and their values recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: ECC America Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Anderson, Carl S. Cummings, J. Richard Hudson
  • Patent number: 4717559
    Abstract: An improvement is disclosed applicable to the production of calcined, anhydrous kaolins in particulate form. A process and system are disclosed in which the calciner is integrated with a preceding spray drier by cycling the dust-laden calciner hot off-gases to the spray drier to achieve savings in energy. Waste heat from the calciner, and concomitantly dust-like clay particles carried in the off-gas, are thereby passed to the drier and their values recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: E.C.C. America Inc.
    Inventors: Carl S. Cummings, J. Richard Hudson