Patents by Inventor Clarence D. Miller

Clarence D. Miller 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).

  • Cooling tower with fluted wall
    Patent number: 4261931
    Abstract: A cooling tower self-supporting vertical shell essentially circular in horizontal section and wider at the base than at the top,said shell comprising a series of courses set one above the other with each adjacent upper course supported by the course beneath it,most of the courses from at least near the bottom to the shell top portion constituting a frusto-conical shell with vertical flutes, andthe diameter of the bottom of each course being about equal to the diameter of the top of the course beneath it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
    Inventors: Elmer W. Rothrock, Clarence D. Miller