Patents by Inventor Christos Panaou

Christos Panaou 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).

  • Re-entrainment prevention apparatus
    Patent number: 9308471
    Abstract: A re-entrainment prevention apparatus (18) for use in a settler area (12) of a mixer-settler, the re-entrainment prevention apparatus (18) comprising: at least one panel (28, 30) of generally vertical linearly-spaced barrier elements (31), an upper barrier element (24) and a lower barrier element (26), wherein the upper and lower barrier elements (24, 26) are arranged relative to the generally vertical barrier elements (31) so as to constrain a fluid flow (32) that impinges thereon such that it is directed through fluid flow channels defined between the generally vertical linearly-spaced barrier elements (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Hatch Associates Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Scott Brian Poulter, Ross Jeffrey Haywood, Wesley Adam Taylor, Christos Panaou
  • RE-ENTRAINMENT PREVENTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140138327
    Abstract: A re-entrainment prevention apparatus (18) for use in a settler area (12) of a mixer-settler, the re-entrainment prevention apparatus (18) comprising: at least one panel (28, 30) of generally vertical linearly-spaced barrier elements (31), an upper barrier element (24) and a lower barrier element (26), wherein the upper and lower barrier elements (24, 26) are arranged relative to the generally vertical barrier elements (31) so as to constrain a fluid flow (32) that impinges thereon such that it is directed through fluid flow channels defined between the generally vertical linearly-spaced barrier elements (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: HATCH ASSOCIATES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Scott Brian Poulter, Ross Jeffrey Haywood, Wesley Adam Taylor, Christos Panaou