Patents by Inventor Ronald B. Kaplin

Ronald B. Kaplin 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).

  • Method of separating chlorine from a mixture of gases
    Patent number: 6063162
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of removing chlorine from a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases is contacted with dichlorotoluene, whereby chlorine in the mixture of gases is absorbed by the dichlorotoluene. The dichlorotoluene is separated from the mixture of gases and is heated to desorb the chlorine and separate it from the dichlorotoluene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Occidental Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Orosz, Robert L. Zeller, Ronald B. Kaplin
  • Method of recovering chlorine from a gas mixture
    Patent number: 5985226
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for separating chlorine gas from a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases is cooled to a temperature less than 0.degree. C. and is contacted with ice, which results in the formation of chlorine hydrate on the ice. The ice is separated from the mixture of gases and is heated or the operating pressure reduced to release chlorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Occidental Chemcial Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Zeller, Sharon D. Fritts, David L. Johnson, Kenneth J. Carlson, Paul J. Orosz, Ronald B. Kaplin
  • Method of purifying chlorine-containing gases
    Patent number: 5437711
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to be practiced in a gas purification apparatus that is suitable for contacting a chlorine-containing mixture of gases with carbon tetrachloride in order to remove one of the gases from the mixture. The gas removed can be either chlorine or another gas such as nitrogen trichloride. In the method of the invention, one of the gases is removed from the mixture in that apparatus without using carbon tetrachloride by contacting the chlorine-containing gas mixture in the apparatus with a chlorinated organic liquid which can either be chloroform or ethylene dichloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Occidental Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald B. Kaplin, Chao-Peng Chen, Tilak V. Bommaraju