Patents by Inventor Gary D. Mooney

Gary D. Mooney 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: 9593850
    Abstract: Remote submerged scraper conveyor (SSC) consists of a conventional SSC modified to include a slurry processing system, which allows it to be located remotely from associated boilers at or slightly above grade level rather than directly under a boiler like a conventional SSC. The slurry processing system includes a pair of overflow troughs 34 and associated weirs located exterior to and along the top edge of each side of the horizontal section of the SSC and an underflow baffle, which extends from a position above the water line down into the horizontal section of the SSC below the water line. The slurry processing system allows the Remote SSC to receive a high volume wet ash slurry discharge via a slurry discharge pipe conventionally sent to an ash pond or a tall dewatering bin system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: CLYDE BERGEMANN, INC.
    Inventor: Gary D. Mooney
  • Publication number: 20150192294
    Abstract: A variable flow device that can be used to dewater an ash slurry is described. The variable flow device includes a pipe section having a plurality of adjustable openings in the sidewall. The variable flow device can be can be attached to a slurry discharge pipe and positioned above the horizontal section of a submerged scraper conveyor (SSC) located remotely from a boiler or furnace where bottom ash is generated. A bottom ash dewatering system is also described which includes an SSC having an overflow trough system. The trough system includes trough sections adjacent each of the sides of the SSC and one or more trough connecting sections. The SSC equipped with the variable flow device and/or trough system can receive a high volume wet ash slurry discharge while minimizing particulates overflowing into the overflow trough system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Gary D. Mooney, Ronald G. Grabowski
  • Publication number: 20110226194
    Abstract: Remote submerged scraper conveyor (SSC) consists of a conventional SSC modified to include a slurry processing system, which allows it to be located remotely from associated boilers at or slightly above grade level rather than directly under a boiler like a conventional SSC. The slurry processing system includes a pair of overflow troughs 34 and associated weirs located exterior to and along the top edge of each side of the horizontal section of the SSC and an underflow baffle, which extends from a position above the water line down into the horizontal section of the SSC below the water line. The slurry processing system allows the Remote SSC to receive a high volume wet ash slurry discharge via a slurry discharge pipe conventionally sent to an ash pond or a tall dewatering bin system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Gary D. Mooney