Patents by Inventor George J. Moritz

George J. Moritz 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).

  • Production of purified brine
    Patent number: 4448682
    Abstract: An apparatus for the purification of salt brine having magnesium and calcium hardness includes means for treating a saturated salt brine containing magnesium and calcium ions with an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali metal hydroxide in a preselected sequence and in amounts in excess of stoichiometric proportions to form firm, readily settleable, filterable floc precipitate particles of insoluble compounds of magnesium and calcium, suspended in the treated brine and passing the resultant suspension to a filtering unit to separate and remove the floc precipitate and to provide a purified salt brine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: Akzona, Incorporated
    Inventor: George J. Moritz
  • Production of purified brine
    Patent number: 4336232
    Abstract: A process for the purification of salt brine having magnesium and calcium hardness includes the steps of treating a saturated salt brine containing magnesium and calcium ions with an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali metal hydroxide in a preselected sequence and in amounts in excess of stoichiometric proportions to form firm, readily settleable, filterable floc precipitate particles of insoluble compounds of magnesium and calcium, suspended in the treated brine and passing the resultant suspension to a filtering unit to separate and remove the floc precipitate and to provide a purified salt brine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Inventor: George J. Moritz