Patents by Inventor Rick Allen Burnett

Rick Allen Burnett 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).

  • Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
    Patent number: 7451880
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing debris from a fluidized sand bed. One or more troughs extend radially from a vertical shaft. Associated with each trough is a perforated chute. The apparatus is placed into the fluidized bed of sand, and rotated. As the apparatus rotates, the perforated chute sifts, or separates, debris from the fluidized sand. That is, the fluidized sand flows through the perforations, but the debris does not. When the apparatus is removed from the fluidized bed, the debris tumbles down the chute, into the troughs, if it has not already done so, and is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rick Allen Burnett, Bradley Howard Foreman
  • Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
    Patent number: 6948620
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing debris from a fluidized sand bed. One or more troughs extend radially from a vertical shaft. Associated with each trough is a perforated chute. The apparatus is placed into the fluidized bed of sand, and rotated. As the apparatus rotates, the perforated chute sifts, or separates, debris from the fluidized sand. That is, the fluidized sand flows through the perforations, but the debris does not. When the apparatus is removed from the fluidized bed, the debris tumbles down the chute, into the troughs, if it has not already done so, and is captures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rick Allen Burnett, Bradley Howard Foreman
  • Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
    Publication number: 20040068345
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing debris from a fluidized sand bed. One or more troughs extend radially from a vertical shaft. Associated with each trough is a perforated chute. The apparatus is placed into the fluidized bed of sand, and rotated. As the apparatus rotates, the perforated chute sifts, or separates, debris from the fluidized sand. That is, the fluidized sand flows through the perforations, but the debris does not. When the apparatus is removed from the fluidized bed, the debris tumbles down the chute, into the troughs, if it has not already done so, and is captures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Rick Allen Burnett, Bradley Howard Foreman
  • Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
    Patent number: 6651819
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing debris from a fluidized sand bed. One or more troughs extend radially from a vertical shaft. Associated with each trough is a perforated chute. The apparatus is placed into the fluidized bed of sand, and rotated. As the apparatus rotates, the perforated chute sifts, or separates, debris from the fluidized sand. That is, the fluidized sand flows through the perforations, but the debris does not. When the apparatus is removed from the fluidized bed, the debris tumbles down the chute, into the troughs, if it has not already done so, and is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rick Allen Burnett, Bradley Howard Foreman
  • Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
    Publication number: 20030006172
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing debris from a fluidized sand bed. One or more troughs extend radially from a vertical shaft. Associated with each trough is a perforated chute. The apparatus is placed into the fluidized bed of sand, and rotated. As the apparatus rotates, the perforated chute sifts, or separates, debris from the fluidized sand. That is, the fluidized sand flows through the perforations, but the debris does not. When the apparatus is removed from the fluidized bed, the debris tumbles down the chute, into the troughs, if it has not already done so, and is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Rick Allen Burnett, Bradley Howard Foreman