Patents by Inventor Richard E. Hinkle

Richard E. Hinkle 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 the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment
    Patent number: 4188995
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment with a pressurized heat transfer fluid i.e., water, utilizing heat exchangers for the separate heating and cooling of the heat transfer fluid and including at least two heat recovery vessels wherein heat transfer fluid is stored in such vessels during initial phases of a subsequent cycle whereby heat transfer fluid at an intermediate temperature level in one vessel is passed through such processing equipment prior to the passage of heated or cooled heat transfer fluid from one of such heat exchangers through such processing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Assignee: American Hydrotherm Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. Hinkle
  • Process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment
    Patent number: 4146084
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment with a pressurized heat transfer fluid, i.e., water, utilizing heat exchangers for the separate heating and cooling of the heat transfer fluid and including a storage vessel having at least two heat transfer zones wherein heat transfer fluid is stored in such vessel during initial phases of one cycle for use in a subsequent cycle whereby heat transfer fluid at an intermediate temperature level in one zone is passed through such processing equipment prior to the passage of heated or cooled heat transfer fluid through such processing equipment from one of such heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: American Hydrotherm Corp.
    Inventor: Richard E. Hinkle
  • Process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment
    Patent number: 4072184
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment with a pressurized heat transfer fluid, i.e., water, utilizing heat exchangers for the separate heating and cooling of the heat transfer fluid and including a heat recovery vessel having at least two heat transfer zones wherein heat transfer fluid is stored in such vessels during initial phases of one cycle for use in a subsequent cycle whereby heat transfer fluid at an intermediate temperature level in one zone is passed through such processing equipment prior to the passage of heated or cooled heat transfer fluid through such processing equipment from one of such heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1978
    Assignee: American Hydrotherm Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. Hinkle
  • Process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment
    Patent number: 4071075
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process and apparatus for the cyclic heating and cooling of processing equipment with a pressurized heat transfer fluid i.e., water, utilizing heat exchangers for the separate heating and cooling of the heat transfer fluid and including at least two heat recovery vessels wherein heat transfer fluid is stored in such vessels during initial phases of a subsequent cycle whereby heat transfer fluid at an intermediate temperature level in one vessel is passed through such processing equipment prior to the passage of heated or cooled heat transfer fluid from one of such heat exchangers through such processing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: American Hydrotherm Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. Hinkle