Patents by Inventor Jacob Charles Borscheller

Jacob Charles Borscheller 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).

  • Detection method and apparatus for contamination in quartz sand
    Patent number: 5818577
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting impurities in quartz sand. The apparatus comprises at least one light source; at least one light detector assembly; a transport device; and a signal processor that receives the at least one signal from the at least one light detector assembly. The method comprises moving the quartz sand; illuminating the quartz sand to excite luminescence emission from impurities; receiving luminescence emission from the impurity; generating at least one signal indicative of the excited luminescence emission from the impurity; and determining if the signal represents an impurity in quartz sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Jude Duclos, Alok Mani Srivastava, Jacob Charles Borscheller, Russell Stephen DeMuth, Victor Lien Kong Lou