Patents by Inventor Tom W. Braithwaite

Tom W. Braithwaite 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).

  • Remotely activated armored incinerator with gas emission control
    Patent number: 6758151
    Abstract: An incinerator, capable of withstanding internal shocks from projectiles resulting from the combustion of energetic materials, is made of a primary combustion chamber where the material is burned, and a secondary chamber to reburn at a higher temperature the gases emanating from the primary chamber. The incinerator has a heating or separation plate, having a flowing-material funnel facilitating the removal of waste solids, to provide heat exchange between the primary combustion chamber and a heating chamber, to protect the heating elements against projectiles, and to restrain any projectiles from exiting the unit. To increase the level of safety of operation, this incinerator is remotely controlled, has a sequence of ignition and has overpressure apertures over the primary chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    Inventors: Tom W. Braithwaite, Derick R. Ivany
  • Remotely activated armored incinerator with gas emission control
    Publication number: 20030051648
    Abstract: An incinerator, capable of withstanding internal shocks from projectiles resulting from the combustion of energetic materials, is made of a primary combustion chamber where the material is burned, and a secondary chamber to reburn at a higher temperature the gases emanating from the primary chamber. The incinerator has a heating or separation plate, having a flowing-material funnel facilitating the removal of waste solids, to provide heat exchange between the primary combustion chamber and a heating chamber, to protect the heating elements against projectiles, and to restrain any projectiles from exiting the unit. To increase the level of safety of operation, this incinerator is remotely controlled, has a sequence of ignition and has overpressure apertures over the primary chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Tom W. Braithwaite, Derick R. Ivany