Patents by Inventor Anthony Calandra

Anthony Calandra 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).

  • Method and system for direct contact of hot liquor with wood chips in transfer circulation
    Patent number: 8444809
    Abstract: A method for heating a chip slurry in a pulping system including an impregnation vessel and a chemical digesting vessel, the method including: impregnating chips in the impregnation vessel with a liquor; transporting the chips from the impregnation vessel to an upper elevation of the digester vessel; extracting liquor from a lower elevation of the digester vessel, wherein the extracted liquor has a temperature substantially higher than a temperature of the chips being transported to the upper elevation of the digester vessel, and adding extracted liquor from the lower elevation of the digester vessel to the chips being transported from the impregnation vessel to the digester vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Calandra
  • Simulated Guitar Controller with Split Strum Bar
    Publication number: 20100304865
    Abstract: A simulated guitar controller is disclosed that facilitates a player using multiple fingers to strum notes which includes a body portion, a plurality of strum bars disposed on a front face of the body portion, a neck portion extending outwardly away from the body portion, and a plurality of fret buttons disposed on the neck portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Picunko, Anthony Calandra, Darren Richardson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT CONTACT OF HOT LIQUOR WITH WOOD CHIPS IN TRANSFER CIRCULATION
    Publication number: 20080314534
    Abstract: A method for heating a chip slurry in a pulping system including an impregnation vessel and a chemical digesting vessel, the method including: impregnating chips in the impregnation vessel with a liquor; transporting the chips from the impregnation vessel to an upper elevation of the digester vessel; extracting liquor from a lower elevation of the digester vessel, wherein the extracted liquor has a temperature substantially higher than a temperature of the chips being transported to the upper elevation of the digester vessel, and adding extracted liquor from the lower elevation of the digester vessel to the chips being transported from the impregnation vessel to the digester vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: ANDRITZ INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Calandra