Patents by Inventor Glenn R. Rink
Glenn R. Rink 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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Patent number: 7229560Abstract: One or more water- and oil-porous containers or sacks are made of a pair of mesh sheets affixed together and stiffened around their perimeter. The sacks can be partially filled with a multitude of tubular bodies made of an oil-entrapping polymer, which have their longest dimension parallel to an axial hole. A preferred material is composed of a combination of SBS and EPDM, formed by an extrusion technique, to create highly fissured generally cylindrical bodies. The sacks may be deployed in areas where oil is floating on water, such as where oil has spilled from tankers on oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers. When the bodies are afloat, oily water can pass through the axial holes of and around the bodies, maximizing the surface area contacted by the oil and minimizing gel blocking. After a time sufficient for the bodies in the sacks to adsorb oil, the sacks can be collected. Various deployment and collection methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: AbTech Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, James F. Morris, Stephen C. Stelpstra, Robert L. Rosania, Jan R. Hegeman, Peter A. Allen
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Patent number: 7066023Abstract: A disclosed fluid purity monitoring system employs a network of preferably information-transmissive cables fixed in place within a body of fluid. Sensors sensitive to fluid impurities are supported at various places on the network. Data representative of impurity levels transmits to a collection point via the same cables at which the sensors are supported. One system employs at least two pluralities of sensors sensitive to different fluid impurities. Another system employs electrically conductive cables fixed in place substantially in a common plane, with some cables oriented substantially parallel to each other and intersecting other cables. In that system, the data transmits to the collection point via a separate electrical circuit for each one of the sensors. Each circuit includes a series connection of the pair of cables that intersect proximate to the sensor's support point on the network. Advantageous variations and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Environmental Security CorporationInventors: Brian Von Herzen, Glenn R. Rink
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Patent number: 7048878Abstract: A process for forming an oil-sorbent composition of matter with bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) utilizes a low-temperature extrusion process. The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitudes of granules. In certain preferred embodiments, the combination is 10-30% by weight and the SBS is about 30% styrene and manufactured without talc. The composition of matter can be extruded into a solid, compliant body for use in a product for absorbing oil. The material can be extruded, in one preferred embodiment, into an extended cylinder body having an axial hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Abtech Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, James F. Morris, Stephen C. Stelpstra
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Patent number: 6723791Abstract: An oil-sorbent composition of matter has bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitudes of granules. In certain preferred embodiments, the combination is 10-30% by weight and the SBS is about 30% styrene and manufactured without talc. The composition of matter can be formed into a solid, compliant body and utilized in a product for absorbing oil. The body can be formed, in one preferred embodiment, into an extended cylinder having an axial hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Abtech Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, James F. Morris, Stephen C. Stelpstra, Robert L. Rosania, Jan R. Hegeman, Peter A. Allen
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Publication number: 20030225211Abstract: A process for forming an oil-sorbent composition of matter with bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) utilizes a low-temperature extrusion process. The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitudes of granules. In certain preferred embodiments, the combination is 10-30% by weight and the SBS is about 30% styrene and manufactured without talc. The composition of matter can be extruded into a solid, compliant body for use in a product for absorbing oil. The material can be extruded, in one preferred embodiment, into an extended cylinder body having an axial hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, James F. Morris, Stephen C. Stelpstra
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Publication number: 20020165318Abstract: An oil-sorbent composition of matter has bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitudes of granules. In certain preferred embodiments, the combination is 10-30% by weight and the SBS is about 30% styrene and manufactured without talc. The composition of matter can be formed into a solid, compliant body and utilized in a product for absorbing oil. The body can be formed, in one preferred embodiment, into an extended cylinder having an axial hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, James F. Morris, Stephen C. Stelpstra, Robert L. Rosania, Jan R. Hegeman, Peter A. Allen
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Patent number: 6344519Abstract: An oil-sorbent composition of matter has bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitudes of granules. In certain preferred embodiments, the combination is 10-30% by weight and the SBS is about 30% styrene and manufactured without talc. The composition of matter can be formed into a solid, compliant body and utilized in a product for absorbing oil. The body can be formed, in one preferred embodiment, into an extended cylinder having an axial hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1998Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Abtech Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, James F. Morris, Stephen C. Stelpstra
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Patent number: 6143172Abstract: A plurality of water- and oil-porous sacks are partially filled with a number of generally toroidal bodies of a polymer material that entraps oil and including mesh fragments scattered throughout the bodies. Each sack is sewn with a perimeter stiffening ring, to retain a flat profile, and has a netting that closes to help inhibit outflow of the oil when the sack is retrieved. When deployed from ship or by air onto a spill, the sacks spread into a pancake shape and the polymer matter forms a single layer that retains the oil. The inventive sacks will float indefinitely without releasing the oil or allowing it to emulsify, so the oil can remain in place until collection efforts are feasible. The sacks can be burned in situ, or standard fishing boats or specialized collection boats can be used to retrieve the sacks, and the collected material can be burned to capture the energy content of the oil or processed to separate the oil from the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Abtech Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, Robert L. Rosania, David R. Smith, Thomas C. Johnson
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Patent number: 5863440Abstract: A plurality of water- and oil-porous sacks are partially filled with a number of generally toroidal bodies of a polymer material that entraps oil and including mesh fragments scattered throughout the bodies. Each sack is sewn with a perimeter stiffening ring, to retain a flat profile, and has a netting that closes to help inhibit outflow of the oil when the sack is retrieved. When deployed from ship or by air onto a spill, the sacks spread into a pancake shape and the polymer matter forms a single layer that retains the oil. The inventive sacks will float indefinitely without releasing the oil or allowing it to emulsify, so the oil can remain in place until collection efforts are feasible. The sacks can be burned in situ, or standard fishing boats or specialized collection boats can be used to retrieve the sacks, and the collected material can be burned to capture the energy content of the oil or processed to separate the oil from the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1996Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Abtech Industries, Inc.Inventors: Glenn R. Rink, Robert L. Rosania, David R. Smith, Thomas C. Johnson, Jan R. Hegeman, Peter A. Allen