Patents by Inventor Lemuel L. Ply

Lemuel L. Ply 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: 4220426
    Abstract: A pneumatic tubular conveyor pipeline is provided for conveying solid products, for example, in granular or chunk form. The conveyor pipeline comprises an outer impervious pipe and a smaller-diameter inner porous pipe. The inner pipe has longitudinally-spaced, uni-directional pressure responsive vents dividing the inner pipe into chambers. A gas pressure source is connected to the upstream portion of the inner pipe. A feed apparatus is connected to the feed end of the outer pipe for injecting the product into and propelling same through the outer pipe. The chambers vent consecutively through the vents in the downstream direction at a rate determined by the product flow through the outer pipe, as the surrounding portions of the outer pipe become filled with the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Inventor: Lemuel L. Ply