Patents by Inventor Ian Campton Hamilton

Ian Campton Hamilton 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).

  • Water analysis systems
    Patent number: 5773297
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for analysing a chemical species in a fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes filtering apparatus (15, 17) upstream and downstream of the sample preparation section (3). The fluid is diverted from a line (1) by an arrangement of pumps (27) and valves through the upstream filter (15) to the digester (11) and through the downstream filter (17) out to the analyser/detector system (5). The pumps (27) and valve arrangement allows the purging of the sample preparation section (3) and backflushing of the filters (15, 17), the inlet line (7) and the outlet line (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: ADI Limited
    Inventors: Richard Lynn Benson, Ian Donald McKelvie, Alan David Stuart, Ian Campton Hamilton