Patents by Inventor Frederick L. Mueller

Frederick L. Mueller 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: 9005340
    Abstract: A fiber bed assembly used to remove aerosols and/or wetted soluble solids from a moving gas stream includes a fiber bed support and a fiber bed supported by the fiber bed support so that the gas stream passes through the fiber bed moving from an upstream space to a downstream space with respect to the fiber bed. A re-entrainment control device is located within a downstream space defined by the fiber bed so that at least a portion of the gas stream passes through the re-entrainment control device. The re-entrainment control device is shaped to change the direction of the average flow path of the gas stream as the gas stream passes through the re-entrainment control device so as to cause aerosols and/or wettable solids contained therein to be separated from the gas stream by inertial force. A re-entrainment control device and method of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: MECS, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller, Steven A. Ziebold, Julie Marie Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140096683
    Abstract: A fiber bed assembly used to remove aerosols and/or wetted soluble solids from a moving gas stream includes a fiber bed support and a fiber bed supported by the fiber bed support so that the gas stream passes through the fiber bed moving from an upstream space to a downstream space with respect to the fiber bed. A re-entrainment control device is located within a downstream space defined by the fiber bed so that at least a portion of the gas stream passes through the re-entrainment control device. The re-entrainment control device is shaped to change the direction of the average flow path of the gas stream as the gas stream passes through the re-entrainment control device so as to cause aerosols and/or wettable solids contained therein to be separated from the gas stream by inertial force. A re-entrainment control device and method of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MECS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller, Steven A. Ziebold, Julie Marie Wagner
  • Patent number: 8636819
    Abstract: A fiber assembly for a forward-flow fiber bed mist eliminator used to remove aerosols from a moving gas stream. The assembly incorporates an improved drainage system for draining aerosols from the fiber bed without the need for a conventional seal-leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: MECS, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller, Steven A. Ziebold
  • Patent number: 8632616
    Abstract: A fiber assembly for a forward-flow fiber bed mist eliminator used to remove aerosols from a moving gas stream. The assembly incorporates an improved drainage system for draining aerosols from the fiber bed without the need for a conventional seal-leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: MECS, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller, Steven A. Ziebold, Julie M. Bruemmer
  • Publication number: 20110056378
    Abstract: A fiber assembly for a forward-flow fiber bed mist eliminator used to remove aerosols from a moving gas stream. The assembly incorporates an improved drainage system for draining aerosols from the fiber bed without the need for a conventional seal-leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MECS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller, Steven A. Ziebold
  • Publication number: 20110056381
    Abstract: A fiber assembly for a forward-flow fiber bed mist eliminator used to remove aerosols from a moving gas stream. The assembly incorporates an improved drainage system for draining aerosols from the fiber bed without the need for a conventional seal-leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MECS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller, Steven A. Ziebold, Julie M. Bruemmer
  • Publication number: 20110023428
    Abstract: A mist eliminator for use in removing aerosols and particularly liquids from a gas flow. The mist eliminator includes filter panels made of fiber material that arranged generally parallel to the inflow of gas into the mist eliminator. The construction of the mist eliminator controls gas velocities and provides sufficient aerosol removal in a compact volume at low operating pressure drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: MECS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven A. Ziebold, Frederick L. Mueller, Mark Spence, Douglas E. Azwell
  • Patent number: 7416576
    Abstract: A fiber bed assembly for a mist eliminator that operates at high efficiency and inhibits re-entrained liquid from leaving the mist eliminator. The fiber bed assembly has a construction that facilitates rapid drainage of liquid collected by the fiber bed. A pre-filter media can be employed upstream of the primary collection media to remove larger liquid drops. The pre-filter media can be used in unique combination with other features to reduce liquid re-entrainment, and/or allow increased flow capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: MECS, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Ziebold, Douglas E. Azwell, Frederick L. Mueller
  • Patent number: 7373376
    Abstract: A method of measuring performance of a transaction over a network. The transaction includes requesting information from an information source connected to the network and interacting with the information source. The method includes connecting a data acquisition agent to the network, sending a request for information from the data acquisition agent to the information source, and loading data responsive to the request for information onto the data acquisition agent. The transaction is executed and performance measurements for the transactions are collected and sent to a storage device. A system for measuring performance of a transaction over a network is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Keynote Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Hamer, Kent Yee, Don Aoki, Umang Gupta, Ronald E. Wolf, Frederick L. Mueller
  • Patent number: 4757495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the simultaneous transmission of analog speech and modulated data, such apparatus and method being optimized for use over impaired and bandwidth restricted analog channels, or digital representations of such channels. In each instance of use, an evaluation is made of the available channel bandwidth, with a frequency division multiplex scheme allocating a voice sub-band, with data transmission allocated to sub-bands above, below, or around, this selected voice sub-band. The speech and data sub-band allocations are made by the multiplexor in response to user input of either a requested speech quality, a requested data rate, or a value indicating the relative user weighting of speech quality and data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Telebit Corporation
    Inventors: Dwight W. Decker, Payne Freret, Dirk Hughes-Hartogs, Mark B. Flowers, Frederick L. Mueller