Patents by Inventor Donald M. Windham

Donald M. Windham 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).

  • Cyclonic entrainment separator for evaporator
    Patent number: 4375386
    Abstract: A vacuum evaporator is provided with an integral cyclonic-type entrainment separator at the top of the evaporator vapor body which comprises a helical spin plate for imparting a centrifugal action to the vapor and entrained liquid rising from the boiling liquid in the flash chamber. Liquid entrainment is deposited on the vertical wall of the evaporator and flows downward countercurrent to vapor flow into a collecting trough, from which it is discharged into a pipe that returns it to the boiling liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: The Badger Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald M. Windham