Patents by Inventor Armando I. Chacon

Armando I. Chacon 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).

  • Integrated diverter and waste comminutor
    Patent number: 6332984
    Abstract: An integrated system for diverting and reducing the size of waste materials in an effluent stream comprising a frame having a bottom housing and a top housing and mountable in the stream. A grinder unit is mounted to the frame bottom housing and comprises a cutter assembly positioned in the stream and a drive mechanism coupled to the cutter assembly to rotate the cutter assembly. The drive mechanism may be electric or hydraulic. A diverter unit is mounted to the frame. It may be a single diverter or dual diverters. The diverter unit comprises a cylindrical drum rotating on a stub shaft. It may also be a helical coil. A drive assembly operably couples the drive mechanism to the drum shaft to rotate the cylindrical drum as the cutter assembly rotates. In operation the diverter unit is positioned side by side to the grinder unit to diverts solids in the effluent stream toward the grinder unit for size reduction. Side rails are employed for flow control around both the diverter unit and the grinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Chambers, Boyd and Associates
    Inventors: Ramon E. Boyd, Armando I. Chacon, Ronald A. Duecker, Craig J. Fennessy, Winslow P. Freeman, Jr., Rodney E. Graham, Robert T. Sabol, Enrique Santiago
  • Integrated diverter and waste comminutor
    Patent number: 6176443
    Abstract: An integrated system for diverting and reducing the size of waste materials in an effluent stream comprising a frame having a bottom housing and a top housing and mountable in the stream. A grinder unit is mounted to the frame bottom housing and comprises a cutter assembly positioned in the stream and a drive mechanism coupled to the cutter assembly to rotate the cutter assembly. The drive mechanism may be electric or hydraulic. A diverter unit is mounted to the frame. It may be a single diverter or dual diverters. The diverter unit comprises a cylindrical drum rotating on a stub shaft. It may also be a helical coil. A drive assembly operably couples the drive mechanism to the drum shaft to rotate the cylindrical drum as the cutter assembly rotates. In operation the diverter unit is positioned side by side to the grinder unit to diverts solids in the effluent stream toward the grinder unit for size reduction. Side rails are employed for flow control around both the diverter unit and the grinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Disposable Waste Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon E. Boyd, Armando I. Chacon, Ronald A. Duecker, Craig J. Fennessy, Winslow P. Freeman, Jr., Rodney E. Graham, Robert T. Sabol, Enrique Santiago