Patents by Inventor James E. Perkins

James E. Perkins 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: 5467987
    Abstract: A golf putter having a club head with a striking face comprising a striking edge defined by at least two substantially planar surfaces which engages a golf ball at a point below the center of the golf ball and imparts a substantially immediate forward roll to the ball resulting in a truer path of travel of the ball and better control of putting distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Inventors: James E. Perkins, Michael G. Buffkin
  • Patent number: 4877594
    Abstract: A mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic extractants is used to separate phosphate values from impurities found in phosphoric acid. In one approach, impurities are removed from phosphoric acid and the phosphate values are recovered, by introducing polyphosphates and ammonium ions into the impure acid, and contacting the impure acid with a mixture of low and high molecular weight alcohols, one of which is hydrophilic and the other hydrophobic, in a single stage. The phosphate values segregate to the high molecular weight alcohol fraction, and the impurities segregate to the low molecular weight alcohol fraction. After separation of the alcohol solutions, the phosphate values and the impurities are separated from their respective extractant solutions, and the alcohols recirculated. Polyphosphates and ammonia are preferably provided by reacting a portion of the original feed acid with ammonia at elevated temperature in a pipe reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: J. R. Simplot Co.
    Inventors: Laurence W. Bierman, Michael L. Lopez, James E. Perkins, III