Patents by Inventor Edwin V. Reece

Edwin V. Reece 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).

  • Lock hopper mass flow arrangement
    Patent number: 9169062
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for mass flow are provided. The apparatus can include a housing, an inlet disposed at a first end of the housing, and an outlet disposed at a second end of the housing. The housing can include a first section and a second section. The second section can have at least one tapered sidewall that slopes away from an inner surface of the first section toward the outlet. The apparatus can also include a divider disposed at least partially within the first and second sections of the housing. The divider can have at least one tapered surface disposed proximate the at least one tapered sidewall of the second section. An edge of the divider can be located between the outlet and a point within the second section where the cross-sectional area of the second section is about three times or less a cross-sectional area of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLC
    Inventors: Edwin V. Reece, John Abughazaleh, Michael J. Sandefur, David P. Mann
  • LOCK HOPPER MASS FLOW ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20130004247
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for mass flow are provided. The apparatus can include a housing, an inlet disposed at a first end of the housing, and an outlet disposed at a second end of the housing. The housing can include a first section and a second section. The second section can have at least one tapered sidewall that slopes away from an inner surface of the first section toward the outlet. The apparatus can also include a divider disposed at least partially within the first and second sections of the housing. The divider can have at least one tapered surface disposed proximate the at least one tapered sidewall of the second section. An edge of the divider can be located between the outlet and a point within the second section where the cross-sectional area of the second section is about three times or less a cross-sectional area of the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: Edwin V. Reece, David P. Mann, Michael J. Sandefur, John Abughazaleh
    Inventors: Edwin V. Reece, John Abughazaleh, Michael J. Sandefur, David P. Mann