Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Perez, Jr.

Joseph M. Perez, 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).

  • Apparatus for continuous feed material melting
    Patent number: 5785923
    Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention is a melter housing having a pretreat chamber heated with a feed material heater that is partially isolated from a melter chamber. The method of the present invention has the steps of introducing feed material into a pretreat chamber and heating the feed material to a softening temperature of the feed material, and passing the pretreated feed material to a melter chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Surma, Joseph M. Perez, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for reducing mixed waste
    Patent number: 5421275
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for in-can waste reduction. The method is mixing waste with combustible material prior to placing the waste into a waste reduction vessel. The combustible portion is ignited, thereby reducing combustible material to ash and non-combustible material to a slag. Further combustion or heating may be used to sinter or melt the ash. The apparatus is a waste reduction vessel having receiving canister connection means on a first end, and a waste/combustible mixture inlet on a second end. An oxygen supply is provided to support combustion of the combustible mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Michael L. Elliott, Joseph M. Perez, Jr., Chris C. Chapman, Richard D. Peters