Patents by Inventor Gerard A. Just

Gerard A. Just 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).

  • Method and apparatus for removing hydrocarbons from water
    Patent number: 6749757
    Abstract: An improved production water treatment system and method are disclosed. The treatment apparatus includes a vertically oriented vessel with tangentially disposed injection nozzles including one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of production water and one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of recycled water from the vessel and a sparge gas. The tangential orientation of the injection nozzles creates a cyclonic flow within the vessel for improved sparge gas bubble/hydrocarbon contact. A hydrocarbon-rich layer migrates to the top surface of the liquid in the vessel where it is removed about a center axis of the vessel. The resulting hydrocarbon-lean production water has a sufficiently low hydrocarbon content that it is eligible for more intensive processing, such as with organophillic clay cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Amcol International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Smith, Jerald W. Darlington, John Occhipinti, Gerard A. Just
  • Method and apparatus for removing hydrocarbons from water
    Publication number: 20040035799
    Abstract: An improved production water treatment system and method are disclosed. The treatment apparatus includes a vertically oriented vessel with tangentially disposed injection nozzles including one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of production water and one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of recycled water from the vessel and a sparge gas. The tangential orientation of the injection nozzles creates a cyclonic flow within the vessel for improved sparge gas bubble/hydrocarbon contact. A hydrocarbon-rich layer migrates to the top surface of the liquid in the vessel where it is removed about a center axis of the vessel. The resulting hydrocarbon-lean production water has a sufficiently low hydrocarbon content that it is eligible for more intensive processing, such as with organophillic clay cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Smith, Jerald W. Darlington, John Occhipinti, Gerard A. Just
  • Magnetic absorption treatment of fluid phases
    Patent number: 6024881
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for providing absorption of two fluid phases with one another and for the magnetic treatment of the phases for molecular realignment for effective separation of contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Gerard A. Just
  • Apparatus for providing absorption of gaseous and liquid phases
    Patent number: 5650100
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for providing absorption of two fluid phases with one another. One of the phases made be a gaseous phase, while the other phase may be a liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Gerard A. Just
  • System for separating phases of a liquid stream
    Patent number: 4925575
    Abstract: A system for separating phases of a liquid stream, comprising a plurality of members each member having an inlet and an outlet such that the outlet of one member is connected to the inlet of another with members being horizontally or vertically stacked in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Inventor: Gerard A. Just