Patents by Inventor Ernest Horace Priest

Ernest Horace Priest 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).

  • Heater for heating a fluid
    Patent number: 3998188
    Abstract: In order to improve the efficiency of a heater for heating a fluid using hot products of combustion, a second heat exchanger is connected to a first heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger absorbing primarily radiant heat from the hot products of combustion and the second heat exchanger absorbing primarily convected heat from the hot products of combustion. The hot products of combustion either pass through an array of parallel tubes in the second heat exchanger, or the second heat exchanger is inserted into the end of the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1971
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Beverley Chemical Engineering Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernest Horace Priest, Gordon Michael Priest