Patents Examined by Christopher Upton
  • Patent number: 11624166
    Abstract: Provided is a toothed drum type oil recovery device, which includes: a recovery drum having a center coupled to a rotary shaft and having a plurality of tooth units formed around an outer circumference thereof, wherein one side of the recovery drum is disposed in the water to which oil is spilled so that the oil is recovered by the tooth unit at one side of the recovery drum according to the rotation; and a separation unit containing an oil separating liquid and disposed at the other side of the recovery drum, wherein when the tooth unit moves onto the oil separating liquid at the other side of the recovery drum according to the rotation of the recovery drum, the oil separating liquid is introduced into a space between the tooth units adjacent to each other by means of a capillary action to separate the oil from the tooth unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong-Jin Kim, Myoung-Woon Moon, Seo-Hyun Cho, Young-A Lee, Chang-Hwi Sim
  • Patent number: 11619017
    Abstract: A barrage with a function of collecting floating garbage on a water surface is provided. It includes a first dam body as a main body of the barrage provided with multiple built-in low water level drainage channels and high water level drainage channels, a second dam body provided with multiple notches for converging floating garbage on the water surface, a garbage collecting and storing equipment arranged between the first dam body and the second dam body and a solar power generating equipment. The garbage collecting and storing equipment maintains running of the garbage conveyor belt by utilizing electric energy provided by the solar power generating equipment, thereby collecting garbage in a garbage pool beside the barrage. It not only has conventional functions of the barrage, but also greatly saves cost of manually salvaging garbage and avoids water pollution caused by accumulation of garbage on the river surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LUDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xueyan Li, Zhi Cheng, Zhen Yu, Zhenhua Zhang, Chunyi Xiu
  • Patent number: 11617972
    Abstract: The instant launder cover is readily fabricated by pultrusion, vacuum bag, or other non-sprayed methods and may advantageously be used with various sizes of tanks and/or launder troughs. The cover system effectively controls odor using, for example, optional gaskets while not requiring stiffening flanges or interfering with wiper mechanisms or other components of the tank or system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Enduro Composites, Inc
    Inventors: Kevin George Schmit, Gustavo Barbera, Rohit Joshi
  • Patent number: 11612836
    Abstract: A feedwell comprising a plurality of holes disposed in a bottom thereof, at least some of the holes having a tube disposed thereabout which extends downward or otherwise away from an interior of the feedwell. Optionally, a large center hole can be provided and it can have a tube disposed around it. By providing a plurality of holes spread across a large portion of the bottom of the feedwell, lower velocity flow rates from the feedwell to a sedimentation chamber can be provided, thus reducing induced turbulence in the fluid within the sedimentation chamber, while still providing sufficient separation of the feedwell from the sedimentation chamber so that the contents of the feedwell can be properly and adequately mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Paterson & Cooke Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael A. Cook, Christian Kujawa
  • Patent number: 11613862
    Abstract: A water surface garbage salvaging device, comprising a demihull, a large garbage salvaging device and a small garbage cleaning device; wherein the large garbage salvaging device is arranged on a front portion of the demihull, and the small garbage cleaning device is arranged on a rear portion thereof; the large garbage salvaging device comprises a paddle wheel, slipways and a large garbage storage bin; and the small garbage cleaning device comprises a filter mesh, a guide rail slider mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a pulley system, a hanging bracket is arranged above the filter mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Chunyan Ji, Renchuan Ye
  • Patent number: 11607628
    Abstract: A sand handling system having, for example, one to three sand separators are configured to be operatively connected to a well and an inlet of a common dumping vessel. Advantageously, the dumping vessel has a sensor to measure an amount of sand in the dumping vessel and provide a signal to a programmable controller which is arranged to dump the dumping vessel when a specified amount of sand is in the dumping vessel. The system automates the sand handling process and also measures and records data associated with a number of flowback parameters. The data can then be used in well design to improve oil and/or gas production, lessen sand production, reduce well damage and/or equipment corrosion due to, for example, sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Koby Byron Carlson, Matthew Allen Kieke, Shawn Marshall Woodard, Kenneth Paul Hagar
  • Patent number: 11603747
    Abstract: A three-stage degassing and dewatering device includes a first-stage degasser, a second-stage degasser, an oil drainer, a rod electrode, a dewaterer, and a water drainer. The first-stage degasser implements a first-stage axial-flow type collision buffer degassing and dewatering operation, forming a first-stage crude oil after removing some of the gas and water in the gas-containing and water-containing crude oil. The second-stage degasser implements a second-stage elevated efficient degassing operation, forming a second-stage crude oil after removing the remaining gas in the first-stage crude oil. The rod electrode constructs a dynamic electric field with a high frequency and a high voltage, and implements a third-stage high-frequency and high-voltage rapid dewatering operation together with the dewaterer, forming a qualified crude oil after removing the remaining water in the crude oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xinfu Liu, Qingping Li, Youqiang Wang, Chunhua Liu, Zhongxian Hao, Feng Liu, Ji Chen, Guanghai Yu, Xiaoming Wu, Xiaolei Wang
  • Patent number: 11596912
    Abstract: A single stage clarifier and mixing assembly includes a housing, a mixing section within the housing and a clarifier section within the housing. The mixing section includes a mixing chamber having (a) an inlet, adapted for delivering an inlet stream to the mixing chamber, at an upper end, and (b) a mixing section outlet at a lower end. The clarifier section extends concentrically around the mixing section. The single stage clarifier and mixing assembly also includes an agitator adapted for mixing the inlet stream in the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventor: Joshua Michael Werner
  • Patent number: 11591242
    Abstract: A system for decomposing a waste material in an unlined landfill including a landfill site having at least one waste disposal zone for receiving the waste material. The system also includes a remediation system configured for extracting a mixture of leachate and groundwater from groundwater within or adjacent to the landfill site and feeding the mixture into the at least one waste disposal zone along with air and other nutrients to enhance a rate of decay of the waste material within the at least one waste disposal zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sustainable Solid Waste Strategies, LLC
    Inventor: Mark P. Hudgins
  • Patent number: 11585062
    Abstract: A device having a funnel structure (connected to a separating arrangement by a base pipe is disclosed. The base pipe is horizontal and arranged between the funnel structure and the base pipe. The base pipe is also a vertical suction pipe. The device includes a pressure pipe which is parallel to the base pipe. The funnel structure is slightly below the water surface. In operation, water and floating waste pass over the edges of the funnel structure and swirl into the suction pipe. A jet of water may be injected through the pressure pipe to the base pipe. A flow gradient may then be formed in the base pipe and the differently sized waste objects may separate. If the water contains liquid waste, the speed of the water jet may be adjusted in such a way that the liquid waste and water do not form an emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CLEWAT OY
    Inventor: Johannes Myllykoski
  • Patent number: 11571638
    Abstract: There is disclosed processes and systems for improving the efficiency of the separation of insoluble contaminants from a fluid in a floatation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shane P. Wiercinski, Curtis D. Cooley, Chad L. Felch
  • Patent number: 11571671
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrafine bubble generating apparatus that generates ultrafine bubbles by generating film boiling by causing a heater provided in a liquid to generate heat, the ultrafine bubble generating apparatus including: an element substrate including a first heater that generates the film boiling in the liquid and a second heater that is arranged adjacent to the first heater, in which the first heater and the second heater are driven in different timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Masahiko Kubota, Akitoshi Yamada, Yumi Yanai, Hiroshi Arimizu, Hiroyuki Ishinaga, Teruo Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11566963
    Abstract: Fluid storage testing systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed. One or more embodiments include a closed-circuit storage volume testing system for testing a storage volume. The system may include a water tank, a pump and an oil/water separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Westmor Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Aaron Cammack
  • Patent number: 11566411
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a system for a storm water and traffic collector box culvert. The system may comprise a plurality of reinforced slabs with an upper slab that may be configured as a reinforced surface to collect storm water runoff. The plurality of slabs may be connected by a plurality of attachment mechanisms. Accordingly, the present system is directed to an environmentally friendly culvert design that can minimize the magnitude of earthworks required by traditional drainage systems while also providing increased drainage capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Alexander B. Schorstein
  • Patent number: 11560326
    Abstract: A fluid treatment system is provided. A clarification reactor or chamber, configured for receiving an influent, is provided wherein separated water and separated solids may be formed from the influent while inside and/or outside the reactor. An influent inlet, positioned essentially at the top of the reactor, configured to allow the influent to enter the reactor is provided. A separated water outlet is provided, positioned essentially at the top of the reactor, that is configured to allow the separated water to exit the reactor. A solids discharge is also provided, positioned essentially at the bottom of the reactor, that is configured to allow the separated solids to exit the reactor. A downward angled baffle, positioned inside the reactor, is configured to deflect the separated solids towards the solids discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Synergy Watercare Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ticia L. Heward, Michael E. Blair, Blaine S. Barbour, Duncan C. Hepburn
  • Patent number: 11542675
    Abstract: A skimming and separation device comprising an outer casing (1) provided with constructions to directly or indirectly fasten all parts, defining a compartment (2), and a floater (3) configured to create the skimming function of the device, the floater is attached at its lower side to an essentially vertically arranged bellow (4) allowing the floater to adapt flow into a substantially circus volume and allowing the floater to move from an upper position with essentially no flow into the compartment (2) to a lower position allowing flow of water and debris follow the contours of the floater (3) in a downward direction into the device. A power device (8) is provided and includes a propeller to achieve in-flow and outflow of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Surfcleaner AB
    Inventor: Stig Lundbäck
  • Patent number: 11535528
    Abstract: A stormwater capture housing system designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by filtering solid waste from stormwater flow in roadways, transportation facilities, and pavement, while maintaining an optimal flow rate and enabling safe accessibility. The system comprises a housing unit with top grates that enable stormwater and solid waste to drain from the roadway into a sub-grade capture area formed by a screen weir and a screen box. The screen box ensures that the solid waste is collected while the water filters into a clean water area. The screen weir also filters solid waste and is further configured to allow for an overflow of stormwater and solid waste. Another section of the top wall has a filled grating configuration that allows for stormwater to drain without passing any solid waste to prevent flooding, also enabling access to the internal components of the housing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: State of California, Department of Transportation
    Inventor: Cornelis M. Hakim
  • Patent number: 11535526
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus directed to an innovative approach for the treatment of stormwater utilizing hydrodynamic separator assembly designed to maximize flow movement for more efficient sediment removal and maximize water flow control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bio Clean Environmental Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachariha J. Kent
  • Patent number: 11524251
    Abstract: Removable trap stations for hydrocarbon flowlines can be implemented as an apparatus. The apparatus includes a multi-phase fluid receiver body and a tank defining an interior volume. The fluid receiver body is configured to couple to a flowline carrying a multi-phase fluid including solids and liquids. The fluid receiver body includes an inlet portion configured to receive a portion of the multi-phase fluid including a portion of the solids flowing through the flowline into the receiver body. The fluid receiver body includes an outlet portion fluidically coupled to the inlet portion. The portion of the multi-phase fluid is configured to flow from the inlet portion to the outlet portion. The tank is fluidically and detachably coupled to the outlet and is configured to receive and retain the portion of the multi-phase fluid received through the inlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Alwaleed Abdullah Al-Gouhi, Mayadah M. Alhashem, Ibrahim Shaia Al Dossari, Xiaolong Dennis Cai
  • Patent number: 11524250
    Abstract: A fluid waste filtration system includes a housing configured to be coupled between and in fluid communication with a sink and a primary grease trap. The housing defines a chamber and includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a grease outlet each in fluid communication with the chamber. The grease outlet is defined in a plane at or above a plane of the fluid outlet. A wall is disposed in the housing and divides the chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. The wall is configured to direct a fluid that flows into the first chamber through the fluid inlet toward the grease outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Photios Noutsis