Patents by Inventor J. Eric Taylor

J. Eric Taylor 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).

  • Method and apparatus for liquid cryogen pressurization of containers of particulates
    Patent number: 4947650
    Abstract: Liquid cryogen is added to a container of particulate material (e.g. powder, flakes or granules) immediately before the container is capped as part of a process for pressurizing the container. A liquid cryogen retainer is positioned within the unsealed container above the particulate material, and the flow of liquid cryogen is directed to the retainer to substantially prevent eruption from the container of the particulate material, which may otherwise result when the liquid nitrogen penetrates the particulate material and causes the particulate material to erupt, with an unacceptable loss of the particulate material and of the liquid cryogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Vacuum Barrier Corporation
    Inventors: Russell W. Blanton, J. Eric Taylor, Thornton Stearns