Patents by Inventor Ernest O. Kartinen

Ernest O. Kartinen 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).

  • Vapor removal apparatus for oil/water separator
    Patent number: 4010891
    Abstract: Apparatus for permitting a direct flow of vapor entrained in incoming oil/water streams to a centrifugal oil/water separator device into the oil collection chamber of such a device to inhibit the accumulation of such vapor within the input impeller chamber of such a centrifugal separator and to thereby assure proper operation of said impeller and the prohibition of cavitation which would otherwise generate a serious pressure drop within the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignee: Burmah Oil & Gas Company
    Inventor: Ernest O. Kartinen
  • Strapping for fastening production tubing to electrical cable
    Patent number: 3940832
    Abstract: A corrugated banding strap for securing an electrical cable to a tubing string for lowering into a well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Burmah Oil and Gas Company
    Inventors: Edward H. Kelly, Ernest O. Kartinen