Patents Assigned to John T. Towles
  • Patent number: 5679257
    Abstract: A waste water treatment system is illustrated which can be configured to be portable and which minimizes the addition of solids to be disposed of through the use of ozone for contaminant reduction to basic elements after the pH value of the waste water to be treated is properly adjusted. This ozone in one stage is combined with ultrasound to cause coagulation and precipitation. In another stage, ozone and ultraviolet light are used in a reduction process. Ion alignment using a magnetic field and an electrochemical flocculation process to which the waste water is subjected causes further coagulation and precipitation. As designed, the system can operate continuously with redundancy at appropriate points so that removal of solids from the filtration units can occur simultaneous with the overall decontamination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: John T. Towles
    Inventors: Robert B. Coate, John T. Towles
  • Patent number: 5503809
    Abstract: A dual discharge ozone generator has concentrically disposed feed and return tubes including commonly connected inner and outer electrodes and a central electrode radially spaced by first and second spiral spacers forming dual corona discharge chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: John T. Towles
    Inventors: Robert B. Coate, John T. Towles