Patents by Inventor Michael Eugene Rushing

Michael Eugene Rushing 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).

  • System and apparatus for feeding, solubilizing, growing and discharging a biological material
    Patent number: 8551762
    Abstract: Apparatus useful for feeding a particulate starter material comprising nutrient and bacteria to a mixing tank, for solubilizing the starter material inside the mixing tank, for promoting growth of the bacteria and for discharging an aqueous slurry comprising the bacteria from the mixing tank. The apparatus preferably has a gravity-flow feeder and discharge port, does not require a pump, and comprises disposable parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: NCH Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Anthony Fleming, William Pierre Boesch-Deveze, Jose Eduardo G. Evaro, Robert Clarence Pearce, III, Michael Eugene Rushing, Michael Joseph Trevino
  • System and Apparatus for Feeding, Solubilizing, Growing and Discharging a Biological Material
    Publication number: 20110081713
    Abstract: Apparatus useful for feeding a particulate starter material comprising nutrient and bacteria to a mixing tank, for solubilizing the starter material inside the mixing tank, for promoting growth of the bacteria and for discharging an aqueous slurry comprising the bacteria from the mixing tank. The apparatus preferably has a gravity-flow feeder and discharge port, does not require a pump, and comprises disposable parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Wayne Anthony Fleming, William Pierre Boesch-Deveze, Jose Eduardo G. Evaro, Robert Clarence Pearce, III, Michael Eugene Rushing, Michael Joseph Trevino