Patents by Inventor Jimmie L. Hunt, Jr.

Jimmie L. Hunt, Jr. 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: 9452942
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating water including a tank having an inlet and outlet and a water treatment material or resin within the tank. A control valve assembly having multiple, separable levels houses a water usage metering mechanism and a regeneration control mechanism, each having associated turbines. An inlet/bypass valve communicates source water with the tank inlet or directly to a system outlet. When the treatment material is exhausted, it is regenerated by actuating the bypass valve to communicate the source water with the system outlet. The turbine driven regeneration control then sequences the steps of regeneration, including opening a control valve to communicate inlet water to a venturi in order to aspirate brine solution and deliver to the tank outlet. The brine solution passes through the treatment material and is discharged through the tank inlet which is communicated to a system drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Kinetico Incorporated
    Inventors: Jerome P. Kovach, Stuart L. Park, Francis A. Red, Keith E. Brown, James W. Kewley, George R. Jordan, Jr., Jimmie L. Hunt, Jr., Dale J. Spangenberg, Jr.