Patents by Inventor Ian Charles Smyth

Ian Charles Smyth 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).

  • Hydrocyclone With Wear Detector
    Publication number: 20140151274
    Abstract: A wear detector comprising, a pressure vessel, a hydrocyclone, within the pressure vessel, a vibration or strain sensor, coupled to the hydrocyclone, for producing a data signal representative of a physical parameter of the hydrocyclone, means for transmitting the data signal out of the pressure vessel, and data analysing means, for collecting and analysing the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: M-I DRILLING FLUIDS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: David Hadfield, Ian Charles Smyth
  • Methods and apparatus for conditioning and degassing liquids and gases in suspension
    Patent number: 8728327
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for the controlled application of ultrasonic energy for conditioning of mixtures of gas and liquids by evolving and/or agglomerating gas bubbles existing with or in a liquid or for coalescing droplets of liquid dispersed in another liquid. The invention in preferred embodiments thereof comprises a coalescing apparatus for increasing the droplet size of a mixture formed as a liquid dispersed in another liquid, and a de-gassing apparatus arranged to evolve and/or agglomerate gaseous bubbles in a gas/liquid mixture. In the apparatuses, ultrasonic transducers are used to impart vibrational energy to the mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Cyclotech Limited
    Inventors: David Hadfield, Alastair Sinker, Ian Charles Smyth
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING AND DEGASSING LIQUIDS AND GASES IN SUSPENSION
    Publication number: 20100264095
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for the controlled application of ultrasonic energy for conditioning of mixtures of gas and liquids by evolving and/or agglomerating gas bubbles existing with or in a liquid or for coalescing droplets of liquid dispersed in another liquid. The invention in preferred embodiments thereof comprises a coalescing apparatus for increasing the droplet size of a mixture formed as a liquid dispersed in another liquid, and a de-gassing apparatus arranged to evolve and/or agglomerate gaseous bubbles in a gas/liquid mixture. In the apparatuses, ultrasonic transducers are used to impart vibrational energy to the mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: David HADFIELD, Alastair SINKER, Ian Charles SMYTH
  • Methods and apparatus for conditioning and degassing liquids and gases in suspension
    Patent number: 7766121
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for the controlled application of ultrasonic energy for conditioning of mixtures of gas and liquids by evolving and/or agglomerating gas bubbles existing with or in a liquid or for coalescing droplets of liquid dispersed in another liquid. The invention in preferred embodiments thereof comprises a coalescing apparatus for increasing the droplet size of a mixture formed as a liquid dispersed in another liquid, and a de-gassing apparatus arranged to evolve and/or agglomerate gaseous bubbles in a gas/liquid mixture. In the apparatuses, ultrasonic transducers are used to impart vibrational energy to the mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Cyclotech Limited
    Inventors: David Hadfield, Alastair Sinker, Ian Charles Smyth