Patents by Inventor Aaron Funk

Aaron Funk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Nitrogen purge hopper
    Patent number: 9440807
    Abstract: A hopper apparatus (100) provides a conveyance passage (150) equipped with a nitrogen purge system. In operation, the hopper apparatus (100) is installed over an opening of a process vessel (200). Chemical matter may be conveyed through the conveyance passage (150) to land within the process vessel (200). The hopper apparatus may have a flap valve (141) that serves to isolate the interior space of a process vessel (200) from the ambient environment outside the process vessel (200). The hopper apparatus (100) may also inject nitrogen at various rates into the falling stream of chemical matter as it is conveyed into a process vessel (200). The hopper apparatus (100) may also provide a ventilation sleeve (180) providing ventilation and extraction of dust and vapors emitted from the falling stream of chemical matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: EHS Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Robert Herrmann, Aaron Funk, Steven Sauder
  • NITROGEN PURGE HOPPER
    Publication number: 20150329299
    Abstract: A hopper apparatus (100) provides a conveyance passage (150) equipped with a nitrogen purge system. In operation, the hopper apparatus (100) is installed over an opening of a process vessel (200). Chemical matter may be conveyed through the conveyance passage (150) to land within the process vessel (200). The hopper apparatus may have a flap valve (141) that serves to isolate the interior space of a process vessel (200) from the ambient environment outside the process vessel (200). The hopper apparatus (100) may also inject nitrogen at various rates into the falling stream of chemical matter as it is conveyed into a process vessel (200). The hopper apparatus (100) may also provide a ventilation sleeve (180) providing ventilation and extraction of dust and vapors emitted from the falling stream of chemical matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Herrmann, Aaron Funk, Steven Sauder