Patents by Inventor Hernan Tinoco

Hernan Tinoco 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: 5492409
    Abstract: A device for mixing two fluids having different temperatures comprises a connecting branch (6) extending into a main pipe (1) from a secondary pipe (2), said connecting branch having at its end positioned in the main pipe a distribution casing (7) with double annular walls, of which an inner wall (9) defines a channel (10) extending axially and centrally in the main pipe (1), and having apertures which allow a fluid (B) to be conducted into and mixed with the fluid (A) passing through the main pipe. The apertures consist of a plurality of small apertures (11) which are formed in the inner wall (9) of the distribution casing (7) and provide intermixing of the two fluids directly in the channel (10) positioned centrally in the main pipe (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Vattenfall Utveckling AB
    Inventors: Rolf Karlsson, Hernan Tinoco, Mats Henriksson, Anders Lundstrom
  • Patent number: 5466272
    Abstract: A steam separator including a tube which houses a blade arrangement consisting of a set of curved blades serving to rotate a mixture of steam and water in order to cause the water to form a film on the inside of the tube. The tube wall has a plurality of perforations through which the water can escape while the steam leaves through a special outlet tube. The individual blade of the blade arrangement has an axial extension at least twice as large as the largest width of the blade, as well as a curvature at least so pronounced that a trailing edge of an optional blade is angularly offset past an imaginary radial plane in the axial extension of a leading edge of an adjacent blade. The total area of the perforations amounts to 50-65% of the cross-sectional area of the separator tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Vattenfall Utveckling AB
    Inventors: Rolf L. Karlsson, Hernan Tinoco, Mats E. Henriksson
  • Patent number: 4820342
    Abstract: Lining wear in an arc heated ladle containing a bath of melt and slag is reduced by rotating the melt in a horizontal direction to provide a concave bath surface in which the slag accumulates towards the center, thus preventing the slag attacking the ladle lining. In addition to heating the charge, the arc or arcs melt(s) the slag whereas the lining is partly protected from the radiation by the concave surface. A flow perturbing means is arranged at the ladle to attain an increased homogenization and the possibility of intensified sulfur removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Ases Brown Boveri AB
    Inventors: Hans Ekander, Clas Ericson, Gote Tallback, Hernan Tinoco, Staffan strom