Patents by Inventor Jerry E. Sinor

Jerry E. Sinor 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: 4323538
    Abstract: An apparatus for reacting carbonaceous material such as pulverized coal with heated hydrogen to form hydrocarbon gases and liquids suitable for conversion to fuels wherein the reaction involves injection of pulverized coal entrained in a minimum amount of gas and mixing the entrained coal at ambient temperature with a separate source of heated hydrogen. The heated hydrogen and entrained coal are injected through a rocket engine type injector device. The coal particles are reacted with hydrogen in a reaction chamber downstream of the injector. The products of reaction are rapidly quenched as they exit the reacting chamber and are subsequently collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry E. Sinor
  • Patent number: 4243509
    Abstract: Disclosure is made of a method and apparatus for reacting carbonaceous material such as pulverized coal with heated hydrogen to form hydrocarbon gases and liquids suitable for conversion to fuels wherein the reaction involves injection of pulverized coal entrained in a minimum amount of gas and mixing the entrained coal at ambient temperature with a separate source of heated hydrogen. The heated hydrogen and entrained coal are injected through a rocket engine type injector device. The coal particles are reacted with hydrogen in a reaction chamber downstream of the injector. The products of reaction are rapidly quenched as they exit the reaction chamber and are subsequently collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry E. Sinor
  • Patent number: 4180452
    Abstract: A method for hydrogenating coal to produce benzene and other gas and liquid products. In the process, the coal is pulverized and dried, and then saturated with methanol. The methanol saturated coal is slurryed in benzene and the slurry is exposed to microwave energy of a frequency and for a period of time sufficient to effect hydrogenation of the coal. The benzene liquid effects an immediate quench and the hydrogenation products are collected and separated. The principal product of the hydrogenation is benzene. Unreacted coal and char may be recycled or subjected to gasification with steam and oxygen to produce synthesis gas which can be converted to methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: Cameron Engineers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry E. Sinor
  • Patent number: 4169128
    Abstract: Disclosure is made of an apparatus for reacting carbonaceous material with heated hydrogen to form hydrocarbon gases and liquids suitable for conversion to fuels wherein the reaction involves injection of carbonaceous material such as pulverized coal entrained in a minimum amount of gas and mixing the entrained coal at near ambient temperature with a separate source of heated hydrogen. The hydrogen is heated in a coil having an increasing inside diameter. The heated hydrogen and entrained coal are injected through a rocket engine type injector device. The coal particles are reacted with hydrogen in a reaction chamber downstream of the injector. The products of reaction are rapidly quenched as they exit the reaction chamber and are subsequently collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1979
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry E. Sinor, James A. Gray, Carl L. Oberg
  • Patent number: 3941124
    Abstract: A process for supplying the proper amount of oxygen in a breathing gas mixture of at least one inert gas for use at any pressure by passing the gas mixture through the liquid phase of a cryogenic liquid-vapor system containing oxygen and thereby saturating with oxygen the gas mixture at the system pressure. The saturation concentration of oxygen in the gas stream is controlled to the desired oxygen partial pressure substantially independent of the total pressure of gas mixture by controlling the temperature of the two-phase cryogenic system.A device embodying the process includes oxygen in liquid-vapor form within a container to which are connected gas conduits, one for delivering the saturated breathing gas mixture to a user and the other for returning the exhaled gas to the container. A filter in the return conduit extracts carbon dioxide and water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1969
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Inventors: Newell C. Rodewald, Jerry E. Sinor