Patents by Inventor Charles Schaub

Charles Schaub 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).

  • Process and apparatus for separating fluidized cracking catalysts from hydrocarbon vapor
    Patent number: 5837129
    Abstract: The invention is a process and apparatus for rapidly and efficiently separating a fluidized catalytic cracking mixture into cracking catalysts and hydrocarbon vapor. The invention decreases the production of unwanted hydrocarbon byproducts by decreasing the contact time between the separated hydrocarbon vapor and the cracking catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Ross, Jr., Charles Schaub
  • Apparatus for separating fluidized cracking catalysts from hydrocarbon vapor
    Patent number: 5259855
    Abstract: The invention is a process and apparatus for rapidly and efficiently separating a fluidized catalytic cracking mixture into cracking catalysts and hydrocarbon vapor. The invention decreases the production of unwanted hydrocarbon byproducts by decreasing the contact time between the separated hydrocarbon vapor and the cracking catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Ross, Jr., Charles Schaub, Carl J. Horecky