Patents Assigned to Gap Engineering LLC
  • Pyrospherelator
    Patent number: 8343394
    Abstract: Crystalline alumina particles are intimately mixed with a gaseous fuel, air and oxygen. The mixture is then ignited in a torch. Such blending of the powder with the combustible gas allows the alumina particles to be immediately heated to above their melting temperature and allows the particles to form into spheres. The spheres are then rapidly cooled to ambient temperature, providing high purity micron-sized polymorphic alumina spheres without the use of additives or special treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Gap Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Gerard E. Parker, Andrew P. Parker
  • PYROSPHERELATOR
    Publication number: 20120013032
    Abstract: Crystalline alumina particles are intimately mixed with a gaseous fuel, air and oxygen. The mixture is then ignited in a torch. Such blending of the powder with the combustible gas allows the alumina particles to be immediately heated to above their melting temperature and allows the particles to form into spheres. The spheres are then rapidly cooled to ambient temperature, providing high purity micron-sized polymorphic alumina spheres without the use of additives or special treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: GAP ENGINEERING LLC
    Inventors: Gerard E. Parker, Andrew P. Parker
  • Pyrospherelator
    Patent number: 8057203
    Abstract: Crystalline alumina particles are intimately mixed with a gaseous fuel, air and oxygen. The mixture is then ignited in a torch. Such blending of the powder with the combustible gas allows the alumina particles to be immediately heated to above their melting temperature and allows the particles to form into spheres. The spheres are then rapidly cooled to ambient temperature, providing high purity micron-sized polymorphic alumina spheres without the use of additives or special treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Gap Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Gerard E. Parker, Andrew P. Parker