Patents by Inventor Kenneth F. Vaughan

Kenneth F. Vaughan 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).

  • Patent number: 4090370
    Abstract: An environmental control unit for regulating humidity and temperature and removing certain constituents from air in a generally confined volumetric region comprises an enclosure having an actuable heating element associated with a blower driven dry air flow path extending through a plurality of parallel high thermal conductivity tubes to an outlet opening to the confined volume. Water may be sprayed by an actuable pump from a reservoir onto a high-surface area evaporative covering on the tubes. A blower driven evaporation path in heat exchange and non-fluid exchange relationships to the dry air flow path extends generally transverse to the tubes about the evaporative covering and through controllable vents to humidify by expelling evaporation path air into the confined volume, and to dehumidify or cool by condensing room air moisture within the chilled tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Inventor: Kenneth F. Vaughan