Patents by Inventor Lloyd C. Kent

Lloyd C. Kent 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: 5066373
    Abstract: Monitoring acidity at the ppm level in phenol-acetone-cumene process streams on a continuous basis is accomplished with a standard hydrogen electrode and a double-junction reference electrode with an external body solution comprising phenol, acetone, water, and a tetraalkyl- or tetraarylammonium salt, which provide a time invariant voltage without the necessity of adding any external solvent to the process stream. Phenol/acetone ratios can be varied from 1:10 to 10:1 which encompass the 1:1 ratio produced by the phenol-acetone process. A direct correlation of the electrode potential with the acidity of the medium is obtained. With the aqueous mixture isolated by a low flow ceramic junction from the process stream, no contamination of the process stream occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Alan B. Levy, Stylianos Sifniades, Lloyd C. Kent, Dominick Frollini, Jr.