Patents by Inventor Joel H. Beeghly

Joel H. Beeghly 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).

  • Method of ameliorating acid soil to enhance plant growth
    Patent number: 5628811
    Abstract: A method of ameliorating acid soils so as to enhance plant growth is provided by adding to soil 0.05 to 20 percent by weight, based on the weight of the soil, of a flue gas desulfurization by-product consisting essentially of 80-99 percent by weight of gypsum (CaSO.sub.4.2H.sub.2 O) and 1-20 percent by weight of magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH).sub.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignees: Dravo Lime Company, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: John W. College, Joel H. Beeghly, K. Dale Ritchey, Virupax C. Baligar, Ralph B. Clark
  • Method of collecting and conditioning a petroleum coke fluid bed combustion ash
    Patent number: 5481989
    Abstract: A method of collecting and conditioning either or both of a fluid bed combustion cyclone or bed ash, from a sulfur-containing petroleum coke combustion, by transferring dry combustion ash, containing anhydrous calcium sulfate and resultant lime to a pneumatic tanker, transferring the tanker with the ash to a storage site, and discharging the dry ash through a mixing pump onto the storage site while adding sufficient water to hydrate anhydrous calcium sulfate and resultant lime in the ash and provide about 7-25 percent by weight excess water in the ash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: J. H. Beeghly to Dravo Lime Company
    Inventors: Joel H. Beeghly, John C. Davis