Patents by Inventor Curtis R. Slayton

Curtis R. Slayton 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).

  • Means for causing the accumulation of refrigerant in a closed system
    Patent number: 4178765
    Abstract: A compression refrigeration system having means for causing the accumulation of refrigerant in a selected area when the refrigeration system is inactive by providing a reservoir having a material therein that has greater miscibility with refrigerant than the compressor lubricating oil so that the liquid refrigerant within the inactive sealed system will migrate by gaseous transfer into the lower pressure area in the reservoir and go into solution with the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Curtis R. Slayton