Patents Assigned to Pick Heaters, Inc.
  • Sanitary steam injection heater
    Patent number: 4473512
    Abstract: A skeletonized piston assembly in which a tube forms a piston shank and an enlarged thin disc has a peripheral edge which provides the piston skirt. A guide disc is spaced from the other disc and guides movement of the piston. Quick release fittings and a removable helical flight assembly adapt the heater for sanitary applications and easy clean-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Pick Heaters, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan E. Pick, Richard A. Mayo
  • Method and apparatus for preventing water hammer in high pressure steam injection water heaters
    Patent number: 3984504
    Abstract: A foraminous steam injection tube is mounted within a heating chamber to inject steam into water flowing through the heating chamber to heat the water. A foraminous diffusion screen is mounted around the steam injection tube and in spaced tandem relation, to diffuse the steam jets issuing therefrom, suppress the formation of large bubbles and to eliminate water hammer in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Pick Heaters, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan E. Pick