Patents by Inventor James D. Augustyniak

James D. Augustyniak 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).

  • Liquid distributor for a vapor-liquid contacting column
    Patent number: 5240652
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing liquid over the cross section of a liquid-vapor contacting column comprising a distributor plate having orifices for downward liquid flow and risers for upward vapor flow. Above the distributor plate is a trough for receiving liquid to be distributed. The vapor risers directly below the trough extend through the trough. The trough floor has annular openings around the penetrating vapor risers to discharge liquid onto the distributor plate below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark F. Taylor, Richard A. Victor, James D. Augustyniak, Michael J. Lockett
  • Cryogenic liquid sampling system
    Patent number: 5161381
    Abstract: A sampling system for cryogenic liquid sampling which passes vaporized cryogenic fluid to an analyzer through a conduit having a defined restriction such as an orifice at or downstream of the input and which prevents choke flow in the conduit by simultaneously reducing the pressure which promotes choke flow and improving the ratio of the fluid pressure at and downstream of the restriction in the direction which resists choke flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Victor, James D. Augustyniak
  • Structured column packing with improved turndown and method
    Patent number: 5132056
    Abstract: Structured metal column packing with corrugations and textured surfaces having a defined construction of the corrugation corners which enables significantly improved performance especially under turndown conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Union Carbide Industrial Gases Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Lockett, Richard A. Victor, James D. Augustyniak