Patents Assigned to CBI Industries, Inc.
  • Tank liquid interface separation deck with leveling lines
    Patent number: 4714175
    Abstract: A storage tank for liquids is provided with a vertically movable horizontal deck which separates a liquid above the deck from a liquid below the deck. The deck and tank have line and pulley mechanisms to prevent the deck from skewing or tilting during vertical displacement. The liquid above the deck can be the same or different than the liquid below the deck but generally they have different densities so that the deck can float at the interface between the liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: CBI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Don H. Coers
  • Apparatus and method of freezing a feed liquid
    Patent number: 4704877
    Abstract: A feed liquid, which can be aqueous, is frozen in tubes of a freeze exchanger by indirect cooling with a cold liquefied refrigerant to form a solid tubular shaped product. A warm liquefied refrigerant is used to indirectly melt a thin layer of the frozen tubular product to release it from the tubes. The freed tubular product is cut into pieces which can be used for cooling purposes and, in the case of ice, to give potable water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: CBI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuksel A. Selcukoglu
  • Multi-stage freeze concentrating process and apparatus
    Patent number: 4666484
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for concentrating aqueous liquids which increase in viscosity with concentration using three stages employing screw concentrators in series which separate ice crystals from the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: CBI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar K. Shah, Yuksel A. Selcukoglu