Patents by Inventor Eyrle E. Brooks

Eyrle E. Brooks 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).

  • Utilization of exhaust gases for plant growth
    Patent number: 4073089
    Abstract: A system for utilizing the exhaust gases from a hydrocarbon combusting apparatus to enhance plant growth comprising an enclosure for plants having an outer covering and an inner permeable membrane spaced from the outer layer, the membrane being less permeable to toxic gases, present in the exhaust, than to CO.sub.2, and means for conducting the exhaust gas from the hydrocarbon combusting apparatus to the space between the covering and the permeable membrane. In the preferred embodiment, the outer covering and membrane are transparent to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Canadian Patents and Development Limited
    Inventors: Edward A. Maginnes, Eyrle E. Brooks, Maynard O. Haukeness, George H. Green