Patents by Inventor George J. LaRue

George J. LaRue 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).

  • Metals extraction from sea water
    Patent number: 4293527
    Abstract: A method and system for continuously extracting metals from sea water by deploying adsorber sheets in a suitable current of sea water, recovering the adsorber sheets after they become loaded with metal and eluting the metal from the recovered sheets. The system involves the use of hollow, perforated bobbins on which the sheets are rolled as they are recovered and through which elutant is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Thermo Electron Corporation
    Inventors: Dean T. Morgan, Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, George J. LaRue