Patents by Inventor Jean Trouve

Jean Trouve 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).

  • Process for cleaning a cold trap
    Patent number: 4290822
    Abstract: A cold trap incorporated into a liquid metal circuit is cleaned by introducing an alkali metal hydroxide in liquid state into the trap and in excess compared with solubility limits of deposited impurities, then heating the trap to totally transform the impurities into liquid phases and draining off these liquid phases. The cleaning operation is carried out in the absence of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Maupre, Jean Trouve