Patents by Inventor Paul G. Minard

Paul G. Minard 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 removing solid particulates from oil
    Patent number: 5074381
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing solid particulates from oil has a housing through which the oil flows with a screen releasably secured in the housing adjacent an outlet. The screen is releasably secured by either a biasing means, such as a spring or a threaded member engageable with a threaded section on the housing. A removable cover is provided on the open top of the housing and the screen and releasable securement device therefore are removable from the housing through the open top when the cover is not in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Paul G. Minard, Paul Toy, Jr.
  • Oil flushing adapter
    Patent number: 4948270
    Abstract: An oil flushing adapter includes a pair of conduits which are connected at the same point to a bearing support at opposite sides of a rotor, and then pushed apart by an extension device to force the lower ends of the two conduits into sealing contact with a pair of oil outlets. The conduits are then provided with flushing hoses, valves and strainers to sample oil at the bearings for cleanliness, and to shut off oil flow when the oil is sufficiently clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Paul G. Minard, Robert C. Hurman, William A. Weiland
  • Moisture trap for a moisture separator reheater
    Patent number: 4714054
    Abstract: A trough is formed above the moisture separators in a moisture separator reheater for a power plant and drain conduits are connected to the trough to direct moisture collected in the trough to the bottom of the shell where it joins other collected moisture and is drained from the lower portion of the shell via drain nozzles disposed therein preventing droplets from forming above the separator and dripping down into the flow path of motive steam, becoming reentrained, and resulting in erosion of the separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Paul G. Minard, James Alba, David A. Pacyna