Patents by Inventor Jessie E. Roberts

Jessie E. Roberts 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: 5935525
    Abstract: An air abatement system that includes a pre-treatment system and an air treatment system for abatement of contaminated air that includes pollutants such as V.O.C.s, NOx, and/or CO. The air stream is treated using activated air, activated water, and ultraviolet light under conditions that produce hyroxyls, peroxides, and other oxidants without the formation of ozone. These oxidants are also utilized in the activated air, with the activated water being formed as an aqueous solution of the activated air. The pre-treatment system includes a quenching zone where activated water is misted into the air stream, followed by alternating reaction zones and depletion zones where activated air is added and then turbulently mixed with the air stream. The air treatment system includes a primary treatment tunnel, carbon bed system, activated air generator, and a sparger tank farm. Activated air produced by the generator as added into water while being exposed to ultraviolet light in the sparger tank farm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Tri-Mark Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip A. Lincoln, Jessie E. Roberts
  • Patent number: 5765403
    Abstract: A water treatment method and apparatus is described for generating a supply of activated water containing oxidants, including hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroperoxy radicals, but excluding ozone. The apparatus includes a generator having ultraviolet lamps to which air is exposed to create activated air. To suppress the generation of ozone in the activated air, the air subjected to the ultraviolet lamps is maintained at a relative high humidity. Also, the activated air is generated in the presence of a catalyst and using 254 nm light, both of which are believed to aid in the destruction of any ozone generated by the exposure of the air to other wavelengths of the uv light. The catalyst also provides additional oxidants in the air. The activated air is entrained in the water using an injector to thereby produce the activated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Tri-Mark Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip A. Lincoln, Jessie E. Roberts
  • Patent number: 4664060
    Abstract: A paint spray booth for painting articles, such as motor vehicles, having a housing with a bottom, a substantially horizontal floor spaced upwardly from the bottom and in which the floor divides the housing between an upper housing chamber and a lower housing chamber. The floor is flooded with water while a plurality of air scrubber units extend through the floor and fluidly connect the housing chambers together. Simultaneously, air is inducted from the upper chamber, through the air scrubber units and into the lower chamber so that the air scrubber units intermix the water and air together and so that paint particles entrained within the air become entrapped within the water. Each air scrubber utilizes a venturi to intermix the air and water together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Arthur B. Myr Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jessie E. Roberts