Patents by Inventor Carter E. Redding

Carter E. Redding 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).

  • Hydrocyclone having unconstrained vortex breaker
    Patent number: 6849182
    Abstract: A hydrocyclone having a flat lower plate 14 contains a tube or rod 22 placed unconstrained within the body 10. The tube or rod 22 acts as a vortex breaker, reducing the rate at which air is introduced through the center of the vortex at the lower outlet aperture 16 during operation. When the hydrocyclone of the invention is employed for classification of pressurized stabilized gas-liquid emulsions into fractions of greater and lesser bulk density, the greater bulk density fraction is ejected from the lower outlet aperture 16 and the lesser bulk density fraction flows under pressure out the vortex finder tube 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Heron Innovators Inc.
    Inventor: Carter E. Redding
  • Hydrocyclone having unconstrained vortex breaker
    Publication number: 20040226879
    Abstract: A hydrocyclone having a flat lower plate 14 contains a tube or rod 22 placed unconstrained within the body 10. The tube or rod 22 acts as a vortex breaker, reducing the rate at which air is introduced through the center of the vortex at the lower outlet aperture 16 during operation. When the hydrocyclone of the invention is employed for classification of pressurized stabilized gas-liquid emulsions into fractions of greater and lesser bulk density, the greater bulk density fraction is ejected from the lower outlet aperture 16 and the lesser bulk density fraction flows under pressure out the vortex finder tube 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventor: Carter E. Redding