Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Vytas R. Watas
  • Patent number: 6676039
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved abrasive delivery system for delivering an abrasive material to a waterjet cutting nozzle which has no external pressure effects on the orifice metering the flow of abrasive material from a container for the material by using air pressure to transport the abrasive material to the cutting nozzle through a standard metering orifice where equal pressure is maintained above and below the orifice to provide a constant volume of abrasive material flow to the cutting nozzle which is located up to 100 feet or more from the metering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Framatome ANP, Inc.
    Inventors: Orville L. Lindsey, Michael C. Gould