Patents by Inventor Earl J. Kimmel

Earl J. Kimmel 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).

  • Reaction of substrate compounds with fluorine in an eductor
    Patent number: 5334788
    Abstract: Substrate compounds are reacted by passing them through an eductor with fluorine gas optionally in the presence of a liquid medium and preferably in a loop reactor with cooling means thereby providing rapid but controlled reaction suitable for industrial scale production. Vinylidene chloride, for example, smoothly produces dichlorodifluoroethane and dichlorotrifluoroethane in good yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: PCR Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith B. Baucom, Adam C. Alty, Earl J. Kimmel
  • Reaction of substrate compounds with fluorine in an eductor
    Patent number: 5177275
    Abstract: Substrate compounds are reacted by passing them through an eductor with fluorine gas optionally in the presence of a liquid medium and preferably in a loop reactor with cooling means thereby providing rapid but controlled reaction suitable for industrial scale production. Vinylidene chloride, for example, smoothly produces dichlorodifluoroethane and dichlorotrifluoroethane in good yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: PCR Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith B. Baucom, Adam C. Alty, Earl J. Kimmel
  • Nitrocellulose lacquer with surfactant
    Patent number: 4018637
    Abstract: A nitrocellulose-containing lacquer for producing a smokeless powder propellant, which lacquer includes nitrocellulose, a solvent for the nitrocellulose, water, and a surfactant for preventing the water from forming discrete globules in the lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Earl J. Kimmel, Charles Earnest Silk, deceased