Patents by Inventor Earl F. Bouse, Jr.

Earl F. Bouse, Jr. 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).

  • Sludge handling and feeding system
    Patent number: 6176187
    Abstract: A system for handling aqueous sludge to a combustor such that pollutant emissions associated with combustion operations, e.g., cement manufacturing, are reduced. Sludge is accumulated at a receiving site from where it is transported to a sludge conduit. The sludge is then introduced from the sludge conduit into a combustion apparatus at a point effective to reduce pollutant emissions produced by the combustion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Cement Industry Environmental Consortium
    Inventors: R. Leon Leonard, Earl F. Bouse, Jr., Anne T. McQueen, Harley O. Biggs, Jr.