Patents by Inventor Richard Bernard Jones

Richard Bernard Jones 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).

  • Liquid effluent treatment process and plant
    Patent number: 6328892
    Abstract: The invention relates to an effluent treatment process and to a plant for treating effluent. The plant comprises a pair of elongate vessels, one vessel being for aerobic and the other being for anoxic metabolisation of effluent by microorganisms in the form of biomass-coated particles, each vessel having a downcomer zone and a riser zone. The first riser zone of the vessel for anoxic metabolisation communicates with the downcomer zone of the vessel for aerobic metabolisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Kvaerner Technology & Research Limited
    Inventor: Richard Bernard Jones
  • Liquid effluent treatment plant and process
    Patent number: 6214228
    Abstract: The invention relates to an effluent treatment plant and to a method for treating effluent. The plant comprises a pair of elongate vessels (5, 12), one vessel (12) being for aerobic and the other (5) being for anoxic metabolisation of effluent by microorganismas, each vessel having a downcomer zone (4, 11) and a riser zone (7, 14). The first riser zone (7) of the vessel (5) for anoxic metabolisation communicates with the downcomer zone (11) of the vessel (12) for aerobic metabolisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Kvaerner Technology & Research Limited
    Inventors: Richard Bernard Jones, Andrew James Watson