Patents by Inventor James T. Saake

James T. Saake 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).

  • Process for preparing sulfur having uniform particle size distribution
    Patent number: 4966736
    Abstract: A process and apparatus useful for preparing a porous, particulate sulfur by combining a coherent molten sulfur stream with a coherent water stream to provide an aqueous slurry of a porous, particulate sulfur having a uniform particle size distribution. In the process, a molten sulfur stream is passed through a substantially downwardly oriented, rectangular slot to provide a sheet of molten sulfur, and said sheet of molten sulfur is sheared by directing at least one sheet of water thereat, at a velocity and flow rate sufficient to disrupt said sheet of molten sulfur and provide solid sulfur particles having a substantially uniform size. The solid sulfur particles are recovered, as an aqueous slurry thereof, and separated from said slurry by substantially removing the water therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventors: Bruce Harbolt, James T. Saake
  • Apparatus for preparing sulfur particles having uniform size distribution
    Patent number: 4705432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventors: Bruce Harbolt, James T. Saake, Douglas J. Jackson
  • Process and apparatus for preparing sulfur having uniform particle size distribution
    Patent number: 4595350
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for preparing a porous, particulate sulfur by combining a coherent molten sulfur stream with a coherent water stream to provide an aqueous slurry of a porous, particulate sulfur having a uniform particle size distribution. In the process of this invention, a molten sulfur stream is passed through a substantially downwardly oriented, rectangular slot to provide a sheet of molten sulfur, and said sheet of molten sulfur is sheared by directing at least one sheet of water thereat, at a velocity and flow rate sufficient to disrupt said sheet of molten sulfur and provide solid sulfur particles having a substantially uniform size. The solid sulfur particles are recovered, as an aqueous slurry thereof, and separated from said slurry by substantially removing the water therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventors: Bruce Harbolt, James T. Saake