Patents by Inventor Daniel Mark Seiler

Daniel Mark Seiler 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).

  • Method for operating a cryogenic rectification column
    Patent number: 6212907
    Abstract: A method for operating a cryogenic rectification column for the separation of the components of air by cryogenic rectification, whereby the column may be operated above its design capacity without encountering flooding, by passing vapor upward through the column at a flowrate which generates a pressure drop within the column of at least 0.7 inches of water per foot of packing height through a height of defined structured packing sheets having a structure in their bottom portion which differs from the structure in their middle portion and is the same as the structure in their top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Fredric Billingham, Daniel Mark Seiler, Michael James Lockett
  • Method for operating a cryogenic rectification column
    Patent number: 5921109
    Abstract: A method for operating a cryogenic rectification column for the separation of the components of air by cryogenic rectification, whereby the column may be operated above its design capacity without encountering flooding, by passing vapor upward through the column at a flowrate which generates a pressure drop within the column of at least 0.7 inches of water per foot of packing height through a height of defined structured packing sheets having a different structure in their upper and lower portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Frederic Billingham, Daniel Mark Seiler, Michael James Lockett