Patents by Inventor Glen E. Latimer
Glen E. Latimer 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).
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Publication number: 20210122647Abstract: An embodiment provides a ballast water treatment system, including: a ballast pump; a backwash pump, wherein an outflow of the backwash pump is mechanically coupled to an outlet of the ballast pump; a treatment unit, wherein the treatment unit is located fluidly between the ballast pump and the backwash pump; wherein the ballast water treatment system has at least two modes, comprising: a ballast mode, wherein, during the ballast mode, the ballast pump pumps water through the ballast treatment system to a ballast tank, and a de-ballast mode, wherein, during the de-ballast mode, the backwash pump conveys backwash water to an outlet of the ballast pump. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Glen E. Latimer, JR., Allison Diane Miller
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Patent number: 10286992Abstract: There is described a fluid treatment system that is particularly well suited for treating ballast water on a shipping vessel. The present fluid treatment system is characterized by having two general modes of operation. A so-called ballasting mode and a so-called deballasting mode. In the ballasting mode, water is pumped from the sea or other body of water in which the shipping vessel is located to a ballast fluid inlet in the present fluid treatment system. Thereafter, it passes through the filter separation and radiation treatment sections in the fluid treatment zone of the fluid treatment system. Next, the fluid exits the fluid outlet of the fluid treatment system and it is pumped to one or more ballast tanks that are located on the shipping vessel. In the deballasting mode, water contained in the ballast tank(s) is pumped to a deballasting fluid inlet of the fluid treatment system after which it is treated in the radiation section only—i.e.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: TROJAN TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Matthew DaCosta, Jim Fraser, Glen E. Latimer
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Patent number: 9561455Abstract: There is disclosed a fluid filter device. The fluid filter device comprises: a primary filter section having a first porous section; and a secondary filter section having second porous section; wherein: (i) the primary filter section and the secondary filter section are in fluid communication with one another, and (ii) the first porous section has a greater porosity than the second porous section. There is also disclosed a fluid isolation device for isolation an exterior fluid from a surface of an enclosure containing interior fluid. The device comprises a sleeve element movable between: (i) a retracted portion in which exterior fluid contacts the surface of the enclosure, and (ii) an extended position in which exterior fluid is isolated from contacting the surface of the enclosure. A distal portion of the sleeve element is configured to actuate a backwash element configured to backwash the interior fluid from the enclosure when the sleeve element is in the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TROJAN TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Jim Fraser, Ronald P. Cook, Glen E. Latimer, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140042062Abstract: There is described a fluid treatment system that is particularly well suited for treating ballast water on a shipping vessel. The present fluid treatment system is characterized by having two general modes of operation. A so-called ballasting mode and a so-called deballasting mode. In the ballasting mode, water is pumped from the sea or other body of water in which the shipping vessel is located to a ballast fluid inlet in the present fluid treatment system. Thereafter, it passes through the filter separation and radiation treatment sections in the fluid treatment zone of the fluid treatment system. Next, the fluid exits the fluid outlet of the fluid treatment system and it is pumped to one or more ballast tanks that are located on the shipping vessel. In the deballasting mode, water contained in the ballast tank(s) is pumped to a deballasting fluid inlet of the fluid treatment system after which it is treated in the radiation section only—i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Trojan TechnologiesInventors: Matthew DaCosta, Jim Fraser, Glen E. Latimer
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Publication number: 20130206674Abstract: There is disclosed a fluid filter device. The fluid filter device comprises: a primary filter section having a first porous section; and a secondary filter section having second porous section; wherein: (i) the primary filter section and the secondary filter section are in fluid communication with one another, and (ii) the first porous section has a greater porosity than the second porous section. There is also disclosed a fluid isolation device for isolation an exterior fluid from a surface of an enclosure containing interior fluid. The device comprises a sleeve element movable between: (i) a retracted portion in which exterior fluid contacts the surface of the enclosure, and (ii) an extended position in which exterior fluid is isolated from contacting the surface of the enclosure. A distal portion of the sleeve element is configured to actuate a backwash element configured to backwash the interior fluid from the enclosure when the sleeve element is in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: TROJAN TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Jim Fraser, Ronald P. Cook, Glen E. Latimer, JR.
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Patent number: 6054059Abstract: A filter for removing particles from a feed liquid. The filter includes a filtration material having a metal oxide composition selected to provide the material with an affinity for the particles of the feed liquid. The affinity of the material is dependent upon a pH of the feed liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1997Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Kinetico IncorporatedInventors: Glen E. Latimer, Jr., Harold L. Fatheringham, Jr., Paul K. T. Liu
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Patent number: 5310488Abstract: A water treatment apparatus and method for softening "problem water". The apparatus includes a pair of treatment tank assemblies, each tank including serially connected filter and ion exchange beds. When a tank assembly requires regeneration, the tank assembly is taken off line and is regenerated using a regenerating apparatus that communicates a mixture of citric acid and brine solution to the ion exchange bed, followed by brine solution alone to form a barrier. A mixture of sodium carbonate and brine solution is then communicated to the ion exchange bed followed by a backwashing step which conveys treated water through both the ion exchange bed and the filter media in a counter flow direction. The regeneration apparatus includes a brine venturi and a chemical draw venturi connected in a parallel flow relationship and solenoid control valves for selectively communicating either a citric acid reservoir or a sodium carbonate reservoir to the chemical draw venturi.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1991Date of Patent: May 10, 1994Assignee: Kinetico IncorporatedInventors: Christopher L. Hansen, Glen E. Latimer, Jr.