Patents by Inventor Edward J. McBrairty

Edward J. McBrairty 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).

  • Laboratory dryer with hydrophilic exhaust filter
    Patent number: 5215718
    Abstract: A laboratory dryer especially for drying potentially infectious or toxic samples has a housing with an air inlet and an air outlet, the housing defining an air flow path. The samples are received at a station between the inlet and the outlet along the air flow path, and subjected to a powered air flow via a fan. A hydrophilic filter element intersects the air flow downstream along the air flow path from the samples and upstream of the outlet, and captures particulate matter and water droplets which would otherwise be carried by the air flow from the housing into the room where the dryer is located. An electric heater is disposed in the housing adjacent the inlet and downstream of the fan. The housing can have an internal cross section of decreasing area proceeding towards the samples along the air flow path, whereby a velocity of the air over the samples is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Inventors: Rodney A. Katzer, Charles F. McBrairty, Edward J. McBrairty
  • Line separator clip
    Patent number: D347687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Inventors: Rodney A. Katzer, Charles F. McBrairty, Edward J. McBrairty