Patents by Inventor Harold Dean Curtis

Harold Dean Curtis 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: 9841238
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Syntech Towers, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20170146297
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Patent number: 9644904
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with fans at the bottom of the unit, and a plurality of Savers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger above the collection troughs. The collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated to the top of the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Syntech Towers, LLC
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Patent number: 9568248
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Harold Dean Curtis Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Patent number: 9562729
    Abstract: A water collector for use in fluid coolers, cooling towers and the like is provided with fans at the bottom of the collector, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger or fill media above the collection troughs. In one embodiment the collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated through the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20160146540
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Harold D. Curtis Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20150330710
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with a housing containing a fan at the bottom of the tower, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fan to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through an evaporative cooling pad located above the collection troughs. The collection troughs extend from one side of the housing to the other in the form of a structural support for the housing and the equipment therein. The troughs have open ends which extend through the housing to discharge collected water to an adjacent vertical tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: HAROLD D. CURTIS REVOCABLE TRUST
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20150241148
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided with fans at the bottom of the unit, and a plurality of Savers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger above the collection troughs. The collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated to the top of the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: HAROLD DEAN CURTIS
  • Patent number: 9033318
    Abstract: Direct forced draft fluid cooler/closed loop cooling towers and cooling towers are provided with fans at the bottom of the unit, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger or fill media above the collection troughs. In one embodiment the collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated through the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MUNTERS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20140361450
    Abstract: A water collector for use in fluid coolers, cooling towers and the like is provided with fans at the bottom of the collector, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger or fill media above the collection troughs. In one embodiment the collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated through the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MUNTERS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20110315350
    Abstract: Direct forced draft fluid cooler/closed loop cooling towers and cooling towers are provided with fans at the bottom of the unit, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger or fill media above the collection troughs. In one embodiment the collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated through the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Harold Dean Curtis