Patents by Inventor Barry C. Beard

Barry C. Beard 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).

  • Enhanced in situ hydrocarbon removal from soil and groundwater
    Patent number: 5584605
    Abstract: The invention encompasses a process and equipment for an aggressive approach to remediation of specific hydrocarbon contaminated soil and groundwater using horizontal sparging pipes in or below the contamination with a matrix of vertical pipes that act to conduct sparger gas with associated hydrocarbons to the surface for hydrocarbon removal before recycle and also to collect and strip hydrocarbons washed horizontally into the collector pipes by injection of a washing fluid through a matrix of vertical wash pipes spaced between the collector pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventors: Barry C. Beard, Jerry R. Gips, Stewart Haynes, Jr., Joseph F. Long, Thomas A. Harlan