Patents by Inventor E. Max Huffaker

E. Max Huffaker 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).

  • Particleboard furnish blender
    Patent number: 4360545
    Abstract: A short-retention-time blender is described for applying liquid to wood particle furnish falling freely in the form of a concentric shell through an upright cylindrical housing. The particles are fed into the center of a rotating disk within the cylindrical housing. The disk deflects the furnish radially outward against a flared deflector surface. This surface deflects the furnish directly downward substantially in the form of a uniform concentric hollow shell. Inverted conical atomizer disks are rotated on the axis of the housing to produce annular atomized spray patterns of liquid, directed outwardly against the falling furnish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Washington State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Maloney, E. Max Huffaker
  • Particleboard furnish blender
    Patent number: 4320715
    Abstract: A short-retention-time blender is described for applying liquid to wood particle furnish falling freely in the form of a concentric shell through an upright cylindrical housing. The particles are fed into the center of a rotating disk within the cylindrical housing. The disk deflects the furnish radially outward against a flared deflector surface. This surface deflects the furnish directly downward substantially in the form of a uniform concentric hollow shell. Inverted conical atomizer disks are rotated on the axis of the housing to produce annular atomized spray patterns of liquid, directed outwardly against the falling furnish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Washington State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Maloney, E. Max Huffaker