Patents by Inventor Allen A. Scales

Allen A. Scales 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).

  • Gel-like composition for use as a pig in a pipeline
    Patent number: 4003393
    Abstract: A gel-like mass is prepared comprising a highly gelled organic liquid which can be fluidized after its intended use. A hydrocarbon liquid is gelled with a metal salt of an aliphatic substituted orthophosphate ester to form a substantially self-sustaining gel-like mass (slug or pig) when flowing under pressure through a pipeline. The pig may be employed as an interfacial control for different fluids flowing in the same pipeline, and also to remove residual fluids and/or solids from a pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Jaggard, Allen A. Scales