Patents by Inventor ANDREW G. SELL

ANDREW G. SELL 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).

  • Centrifugal hydraulic seal
    Patent number: 11713812
    Abstract: A centrifugal hydraulic seal between the rotating and non-rotating components of rotating process equipment is provided. The centrifugal hydraulic seal reduces toxic gases inside an operating machine from escaping to the atmosphere or reduces gas from the atmosphere entering into the operating machine by the placement of protruding vanes on the face of the rotating seal wall on the low pressure side of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Syncrude Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Sell, Jason P. Kachur
  • CENTRIFUGAL HYDRAULIC SEAL
    Publication number: 20220107023
    Abstract: A centrifugal hydraulic seal between the rotating and non-rotating components of rotating process equipment is provided. The centrifugal hydraulic seal reduces toxic gases inside an operating machine from escaping to the atmosphere or reduces gas from the atmosphere entering into the operating machine by the placement of protruding vanes on the face of the rotating seal wall on the low pressure side of the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: ANDREW G. SELL, JASON P. KACHUR