Patents by Inventor Clel E. Lee

Clel E. Lee 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).

  • Process for removing mineral deposits from lagoon recycle lines
    Patent number: 5542981
    Abstract: A process of using organic acids to remove mineral scale from waste lagoon recycle and irrigation lines is provided. An effective amount of a water soluble carboxylic acid is used in a multi-step process to clean recycle lines, associated irrigation pumps, and finishing floor of a live-stock housing facility. The cleaning mixture has further advantages upon being released into a waste lagoon of helping to maintain the waste lagoon in an aerobic condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Inventor: Clel E. Lee, Sr.
  • Aliphatic polycarboxylic acids as air purification compositions
    Patent number: 5039481
    Abstract: A method for reducing the amount of ammonia released into the air in a livestock enclosure by the decomposition of livestock excrement or urine by applying to areas of the enclosure where livestock excrement or urine accumulates an ammonia scavenging composition that contains an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid in an amount sufficient to scavenge a portion of the ammonia which is generated due to the decomposition of the livestock excrement or urine, thereby reducing the amount of ammonia released into the air within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Clean Air, Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Pacifici, Clel E. Lee