Patents by Inventor Eric W. Eweson, deceased

Eric W. Eweson, deceased 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).

  • Multi-compartment rotating drum apparatus for the fermentation of natural organic material
    Patent number: 5047349
    Abstract: A compartmentalized horizontally mounted rotatable cylindrical digester drum is provided with inter-compartment transfer buckets each having an inlet opening substantially congruent to a segment of the circular partition separating one compartment from the next. In addition one or more annular flanges are located in each treatment compartment extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical wall of the drum. The transfer buckets may be rectangular prismatic in contour with a bottom wall within the confines of the drum coincident with the chordal boundary of the segment and an upper wall spaced radially outwardly of the cylindrical wall of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Bedminster Bioconversion Corporation
    Inventor: Eric W. Eweson, deceased