Patents by Inventor Eugene T. McIlvaine

Eugene T. McIlvaine 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).

  • Method of removing toxic agents for trichlorotrifluoroethane
    Patent number: 4842746
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of and apparatus for removing chemical nerve agents such as tabun, sarin and soman and chemical blister agents such as mustard gas and lewisite from a cleaning solvent such that the solvent is rendered contaminant free and safely resuable in future cleaning operations. The solvent, trichlorotrifluoroethene and the contaminants are soluble in one another and are all of non-polar configuration. Removal is effected by preferential adsorption of the contaminants from the solvent. Effective adsorbents are Fuller's Earth, activated charcoal, activated alumina and silica gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Quadrex Hps Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Fowler, Eugene T. McIlvaine