Patents by Inventor Frank J. Barra

Frank J. Barra 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).

  • Patent number: 4179328
    Abstract: A reboiler for dehydrating di- or tri- ethylene glycol comprises a cylindrical, horizontal axis tank having a ceramic packed still column rising from its top near one end and a single U shaped fire tube extending longitudinally from the front end of the tank interiorly thereof toward its back end. Wet glycol is admitted to the base of the still column above a half tray and overflows into a catch pipe which drains into the front end of the tank. Dry glycol is taken off through an outlet at the bottom rear of the tank. Dry gas is admitted to the reboiler through a sparging pipe extending longitudinally of the tank from near the back end of the fire tube and then over the outlet to near the back end of the tank. A box shaped trough extending under and about the pipe separates the glycol adjacent the sparging pipe from an in-tank reservoir located below the pipe formed by a divider plate located near the front end of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Smith Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Barra, Richard L. Schleier