Patents by Inventor John A. Powers

John A. Powers 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: 5642924
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet having a liner having sidewalls and a rear wall, each sidewall having a plurality of shelf supports mounted thereon, each shelf support including a supporting rail having a front portion and a rear portion separated by a gap, a cantilever half shelf and a full width sliding shelf mounted in the cabinet on the shelf supports, the sliding shelf having a depending stop in the gap engageable with the front portion of the supporting rail to stop forward motion, the cantilever half shelf having a cantilever arm cooperating with a bracket on the rear wall to prevent swinging motion, the cantilever half shelf also having a deflectable element or a plastic clip engageable with the front portion of the supporting rail to prevent swinging motion of the cantilever half shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad A. Wohlrab, John A. Powers, Michael C. Fessenden
  • Patent number: 4961910
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for recovering one or more of the metals of tungsten and molybdenum from metal-cellulose material. One method involves digesting the material in a mineral acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid having a concentration of at least about 4 normal, and sulfuric acid having a concentration of at least about 9 normal at a temperature of at least about 50.degree. C. for a sufficient time to form a digestion solid containing the major portion of the tungsten and a digestion solution containing a portion of any molybdenum which is present in the material, and separating the solid from the solution. Another method involves having as the starting material a metal-cellulose material comprising one or more of the metals of tungsten and molybdenum and elements selected from the group consisting of arsenic, phosphorus, silicon, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: Clarence D. Vanderpool, John A. Powers
  • Patent number: 4882131
    Abstract: A tungsten extraction process wherein tungsten values are extracted from an aqueous alkali metal tungstate solution by an organic solution containing an amine extractant wherein the organic solution consists essentially of from about 6% to about 10% by volume of said amine extractant, and the balance of said organic solution being an aromatic solvent consisting essentially of a mixture of alkyl benzenes wherein the alkyl benzenes have molecular weights of 120, 134, or 148 and the total number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chains attached to the benzene ring are either 3, 4, or 5, and thereafter the tungstate values are removed from the organic solution by stripping with aqueous ammonia, is improved by carrying out the stripping step in the aqueous continuous mode, and having as the stripping agent, an aqueous solution of ammonium metatungstate having a tungsten concentration which allows the strip solution to have a specific gravity of no greater than about 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Powers, James C. Patton, James N. Christini
  • Patent number: 4599223
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for separating tungsten from a solution containing tungstate and perrhenate ions. The process involves reacting a sufficient amount of hydrochloric acid with the solution at a sufficient temperature to form a solid containing essentially all of the tungsten and a liquor containing essentially all of the rhenium, and separating the solid from the liquor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Douglas, Kenneth T. Reilly, Martin B. MacInnis, John A. Powers, James N. Christini
  • Patent number: 4557923
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing ammonium metatungstate from ammonium paratungstate. The method involves first roasting the ammonium paratungstate at from about 275.degree. C. to about 300.degree. C. for from about 10 hours to about 20 hours to remove some ammonia and some water. The roasted ammonium paratungstate is then added to dilute solution of an ammonium metatungstate which is at a pH of from about 3.6 to about 4.2, the rate of addition being such that a slurry is produced having a pH of from about 3.6 to about 4.2. The pH of the resulting slurry is then adjusted to stabilize it at from about 3.6 to about 4.2 followed by evaporation to form a relatively concentrated solution of ammonium metatungstate which is then separated from any insolubles. Ammonium metatungstate is then crystallized from the relatively concentrated ammonium metatungstate solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Powers, James N. Christini
  • Patent number: 4298485
    Abstract: A lubricating oil additive is produced by contacting an aqueous slurry of ammonium paratungstate with an organic phase comprising a major proportion by weight tertiary alkyl amines having the formula C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 NH.sub.2, where n is from 18 to 22, to extract the tungsten into the organic phase from the aqueous phase while solid ammonium paratungstate is being solubilized into the aqueous phase. The aqueous phase is heated to drive off water so as to form the resulting lubricating oil additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Powers, James N. Christini