Patents Assigned to Decanter Machine, Inc.
  • Hyperbaric centrifuge system
    Patent number: 8042281
    Abstract: A centrifugal bowl separator, including a bowl, a source of pressurized gas in selective flow communication with the bowl and operable to selectively supply pressurized gas to an interior portion of the bowl, and first and second pressure seals selectively established to provide a zone within a portion of the bowl such that when the pressurized gas is introduced, pressure within the portion of the bowl increases for enhanced removal of moisture and drying of solids within the portion of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Decanter Machine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Estes, Christopher R. Lambert, Jeffrey D. Mongold, Charles B. Tate
  • Centrifugal screen bowl dryer
    Patent number: 5321898
    Abstract: Rotary dryer having an enclosure surrounding a plurality of elongate blades positioned along an exterior portion of a fluid permeable sidewall. Rotation of the blades within the enclosure induces air to pass through the sidewall to improve drying characteristics of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Decanter Machine, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Robinette, Jr., Ron Jahnig, Larry Lovegrove