Patents by Inventor Gregory Dougherty

Gregory Dougherty 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).

  • Apparatus and method for creating a vortex flow
    Publication number: 20070247969
    Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, a vortex chamber tool in a conduit includes: an outer barrel; an inner barrel that is concentric with the outer barrel; and a corkscrew deflector coupled to an inside wall of the outer barrel and an outside wall of the inner barrel to organize the flow of a fluid in the vortex chamber tool. The vortex chamber tool operates to convert a turbulent flow from an input portion of the conduit into a non-turbulent laminar flow at a downstream portion of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Gregory Dougherty, Bradley Fehn, Thomas Smith
  • Apparatus and method for creating a vortex flow
    Patent number: 7160024
    Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, a vortex chamber tool in a conduit includes: an outer barrel; an inner barrel that is concentric with the outer barrel; and a corkscrew deflector coupled to an inside wall of the outer barrel and an outside wall of the inner barrel to organize the flow of a fluid in the vortex chamber tool. The vortex chamber tool operates to convert a turbulent flow from an input portion of the conduit into a non-turbulent laminar flow at a downstream portion of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Ecotechnology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Dougherty, Sr., Bradley J. Fehn, Thomas B. Smith
  • Apparatus and method for creating a vortex flow
    Publication number: 20050039813
    Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, a vortex chamber tool in a conduit includes: an outer barrel; an inner barrel that is concentric with the outer barrel; and a corkscrew deflector coupled to an inside wall of the outer barrel and an outside wall of the inner barrel to organize the flow of a fluid in the vortex chamber tool. The vortex chamber tool operates to convert a turbulent flow from an input portion of the conduit into a non-turbulent laminar flow at a downstream portion of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Gregory Dougherty, Bradley Fehn, Thomas Smith