Patents by Inventor James G. Whitham

James G. Whitham 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: 4330319
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the production of a urea sulfur fertilizer by mixing urea and molten sulfur to obtain a molten mixture and solidifying the molten mixture to obtain a homogeneous, solid, particulate urea sulfur fertilizer wherein the sulfur has particle sizes of smaller than about 100 micron. The process comprises passing molten urea and molten sulfur through a mixing device at a temperature above the melting points to produce a finely divided sulfur dispersed in urea with the molten sulfur added in amounts sufficient to produce said urea sulfur fertilizer, maintaining a pressure drop across said mixing device of at least about 200 kPa to form a homogenized melt of urea sulfur, and solidifying said homogenized melt by prilling or agglomeration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Cominco Ltd.
    Inventors: Stewart G. Bexton, Gordon C. Hildred, John T. Higgins, James G. Whitham