Patents by Inventor Frédérique Ferrand

Frédérique Ferrand 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).

  • Patent number: 6270061
    Abstract: This device includes a drive device (1) arranged above the reactor, provided with a vertical output shaft (2) equipped at its end with an axial-flow mobile assembly such as a propeller (4) immersed in the reactor; the output shaft of the drive device also carries an auto-suction turbine (5) immersed in the reactor and drivable by the output shaft (2), and the latter is enveloped coaxially by a cylinder (6) linked at its upper end to the drive device and whose lower end (6a) opens out into the turbine; in the upper end of the cylinder is drilled an aperture (14) for injecting a gas into an annular gap (15) delimited by the shaft and the cylinder. This device makes it possible to transfer a gas into a liquid efficiently and to ensure agitation whereby particles may be placed in suspension and held there. Application to the biological treatment of industrial effluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Florent Bouquet, Frédérique Ferrand, Florence Gouhinec