Patents by Inventor James R. King, Jr.

James R. King, Jr. 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).

  • COILED TUBING WELD-ON CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20240117908
    Abstract: A connector for coiled tubing may include a main body configured for welding to a free end of the coiled tubing and having an internal stem extending distally therefrom. The stem may include a sleeve portion and the connector may include an alignment sleeve arranged on the sleeve portion of the stem and being free to rotate relative to the stem. The alignment sleeve may have a longitudinally extending groove on an outside surface thereof for receiving a longitudinal weld bead on an inside surface of the coiled tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: John M. King, James R. Streater, JR., Michael Rossing
  • Metal removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4331472
    Abstract: A first metal is removed from solutions such as polluted water by contacting the solution with a metallic exchange medium. The metallic exchange medium comprises a plurality of buoyant elements, each comprising a substrate coated with a second metal sufficiently reactive to undergo an electrochemical exchange reaction with the first metal. The substrate can be expanded polystyrene beads and the metal can be iron such as sponge iron of small particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Ktrom Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. King, Jr.
  • Silver removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4331473
    Abstract: Silver is recovered from solutions such as photographic fixer solutions by contacting the solution with a metallic exchange medium. The metallic exchange medium comprises a plurality of buoyant elements, each comprising a substrate coated with iron. The substrate can be expanded polystyrene beads and the iron can be sponge iron of small particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Ktrom Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. King, Jr.