Patents by Inventor Donald B. Read

Donald B. Read 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).

  • Continuous detinning system
    Patent number: 4056450
    Abstract: This invention relates to the recovery of tin as tin metal from tin plate scrap on a continuous basis comprising continuously advancing shredded scrap through an electrically anodic rotating perforated drum partially but not completely immersed in a caustic solution containing no oxidizing agents, plating the tin content of said tin plate scrap upon cathodes disposed obversely and externally to said electrically anodic rotating drum arranged in a longitudinal row on the inside wall of a tank containing said caustic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: M & T Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: George L. McCauslan, Donald B. Read