Patents by Inventor Howard L. Grimmett

Howard L. Grimmett 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: 6471914
    Abstract: A process for sterilization of a liquid in a continuous system comprising a series of steps. First the liquid is continuously pumped into a pressurized system. Second, the pressure on the liquid is increased in a first pressurization stage. Next, the liquid is increased in pressure in a second pressurization stage. Fourth, the liquid is held at an elevated pressure for a predetermined period of time to kill off microorganisms within the liquid. The liquid is then rapidly depressurized to fracture microorganisms with the liquid. The apparatus for producing this process includes a continuous liquid treatment system with a pump, a first stage intensifier, a surge drum, a second stage intensifier, a pressure receiver and a pressure reducer. A particulate treatment system may also be included which comprises a pressure receiver, an intensifier, and a recoverer for blending a particulate component with the liquid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Gerald M. Platz, N. Wayne Walkup, Howard L. Grimmett
  • Publication number: 20010038806
    Abstract: A process for sterilization of a liquid in a continuous system comprising a series of steps. First the liquid is continuously pumped into a pressurized system. Second, the pressure on the liquid is increased in a first pressurization stage. Next, the liquid is increased in pressure in a second pressurization stage. Fourth, the liquid is held at an elevated pressure for a predetermined period of time to kill off microorganisms within the liquid. The liquid is then rapidly depressurized to fracture microorganisms within the liquid. The apparatus for producing this process includes a continuous liquid treatment system with a pump, a first stage intensifier, a surge drum, a second stage intensifier, a pressure receiver and a pressure reducer. A particulate treatment system may also be included which comprises a pressure receiver, an intensifier, and a recoverer for blending a particulate component with the liquid component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Gerald M. Platz, N. Wayne Walkup, Howard L. Grimmett
  • Patent number: 6162392
    Abstract: A process for sterilization of a liquid in a continuous system comprising a series of steps. First the liquid is continuously pumped into a pressurized system. A process for sterilization of a liquid in a continuous system where, in the first step, the liquid is continuously pumped into a pressurized system. Second, the pressure on the liquid is increased in a first pressurization stage. Next, the liquid is increased in pressure in a second pressurization stage. Fourth, the liquid is held at an elevated pressure for a predetermined period of time to kill off microorganisms within the liquid. The liquid is then rapidly depressurized to fracture microorganisms within the liquid. The apparatus for producing this process includes a continuous liquid treatment system with a pump, a first stage intensifier, a surge drum, a second stage intensifier, a pressure receiver and a pressure reducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Gerald M. Platz, N. Wayne Walkup, Howard L. Grimmett
  • Patent number: 6004508
    Abstract: A process for sterilization of a liquid in a continuous system including a series of steps. First the liquid is continuously pumped into a pressurized system. Second, the pressure on the liquid is increased in a first pressurization stage. Next, the liquid is increased in pressure in a second pressurization stage. Fourth, the liquid is held at an elevated pressure for a predetermined period of time to kill off microorganisms within the liquid. The liquid is then rapidly depressurized to fracture microorganisms within the liquid. The apparatus for producing this process includes a continuous liquid treatment system with a pump, a first stage intensifier, a surge drum, a second stage intensifier, a pressure receiver and a pressure reducer. A particulate treatment system may also be included which includes a pressure receiver, an intensifier, and a recoverer for blending a particulate component with the liquid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Gerald M. Platz, N. Wayne Walkup, Howard L. Grimmett
  • Patent number: 4147849
    Abstract: A new catalyst and a method of polymerizing olefins in which the catalyst is prepared by forming a mixture by dispersing on a finely divided, difficult to reduce, inorganic support of the class consisting of silica, alumina, thoria, zirconia, titania, magnesia and mixtures or composites thereof, an organic chromium compound pyrolytically decomposable in the substantial absence of oxygen to deposit a catalytically active residue along with a carbon residue as a contaminant on the support, then activating the mixture by subjecting the mixture to non-oxidative pyrolysis to and at a temperature within the range of about 600.degree.-2000.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: Chemplex Company
    Inventors: Joseph Liu, Howard L. Grimmett, Yu-Tang Hwang
  • Patent number: 4146694
    Abstract: A catalyst and the method of making same and a method of making polymers of 1-olefins with said catalyst in which the catalyst is prepared by chemically modifying a finely divided, difficultly reducible, inorganic support of the nature of silica, alumina, thoria, titania, magnesia and mixtures thereof by adding to the support a zirconium compound before dispersing on the modified support a chromium chelate derived from a beta-dicarbonyl compound that may be either acyclic or cyclic, the chelate being essentially of the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN R is individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl radicals and combinations of these radicals with each R containing 0-20 carbon atoms and a corresponding valence-satisfying number of hydrogen atoms, R' is selected from alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, cycloalkylene and cycloalkenylene radicals and combinations of these bivalent radicals with R' containing 1-20 carbon atoms and a corresponding valence-satisfying number of hydrogen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Chemplex Company
    Inventors: Yu-Tang Hwang, Howard L. Grimmett
  • Patent number: 4128500
    Abstract: A catalyst and the method of making same and a method of making polymers of 1-olefins with said catalyst in which the catalyst is prepared by chemically modifying a finely divided, difficultly reducible, inorganic support of the nature of silica, alumina, thoria, titania, magnesia and mixtures thereof by adding to the support a zirconium compound before dispersing on the modified support a chromium chelate derived from a beta-dicarbonyl compound that may be either acyclic or cyclic, the chelate being essentially of the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN R is individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl radicals and combinations of these radicals with each R containing 0-20 carbon atoms and a corresponding valence-satisfying number of hydrogen atoms, R' is selected from alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, cycloalkylene and cycloalkenylene radicals and combinations of these bivalent radicals with R' containing 1-20 carbon atoms and a corresponding valence-satisfying number of hydrogen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1978
    Inventors: Yu-Tang Hwang, Howard L. Grimmett
  • Patent number: 4053437
    Abstract: A new catalyst and a method of polymerizing olefins in which the catalyst is prepared by forming a mixture by dispersing on a finely divided, difficult to reduce, inorganic support of the class consisting of silica, alumina, thoria, zirconia, titania, magnesia and mixtures or composites thereof, an organic chromium compound pyrolytically decomposable in the substantial absence of oxygen to deposit a catalytically active residue along with a carbon residue as a contaminant on the support, then activating the mixture by subjecting the mixture to non-oxidative pyrolysis to and at a temperature within the range of about 600-2000.degree. F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Chemplex Company
    Inventors: Joseph Liu, Howard L. Grimmett, Yu-Tang Hwang
  • Patent number: 3953413
    Abstract: A catalyst and the method of making same and a method of making polymers of 1-olefins with said catalyst in which the catalyst is prepared by dispersing on a finely divided, difficultly reducible, inorganic support of the nature of silica, alumina, thoria, zirconia, titania, magnesia and mixtures thereof, a chromium chelate derived from a beta-dicarbonyl compound that may be either acyclic or cyclic, the chelate being essentially of the formula ##EQU1## wherein R is individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl and cycloalkenyl radicals and combinations of these radicals with each R containing 0-20 carbon atoms and a corresponding valence-satisfying number of hydrogen atoms, R' is selected from alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, cycloalkylene and cycloalkenylene radicals and combinations of these bivalent radicals with R' containing 1-20 carbon atoms and a corresponding valence-satisfying number of hydrogen atoms, m is a whole number of 1 to 3, n is a whole number of 0 to 2 and m plus n is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Chemplex Company
    Inventors: Yu-Tang Hwang, Howard L. Grimmett