Patents by Inventor John C. Drenter

John C. Drenter 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: 6152810
    Abstract: An apparatus for the introduction of a blasting media into a high velocity, high pressure fluid stream. In one embodiment of the present invention a dual chambered pressure vessel has a pair of auxiliary actuated pop-up valves that are cycled at a high rate to provide continuous delivery of the blasting media to the work surface. The pressure vessel having a blasting media flow control valve coupled with the pressure vessel for controlling the flow of blasting media into the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: PCT, Inc.
    Inventor: John C. Drenter
  • Patent number: 5622265
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus and process for the separation and recovery of abrasive grit material from blasting material containing waste material and contaminants. The mobile apparatus has a low profile which facilitates the movement of the apparatus to job sites. At the job site the blasting material is collected by the mobile apparatus through a flexible hose connected to a chamber which is under sub atmospheric pressure. A vacuum generator that reduces the pressure in the chamber has sufficient power to allow vacuum collection of the blasting material through the flexible hose when material flow might otherwise clog the hose. The abrasive grit material is removed from the blasting material by a self-contained, multi-step separation process situated within the chamber. The mobile apparatus utilizes an initial physical separator, a rotary screen separator, a magnetic separator, and an air wash separation device that are interconnected by a rotary lift wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: PCT, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Drenter, Donald C. Allebach, Jr., Dieter A. Konitzer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5520288
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus and process for the separation and recovery of abrasive grit material from blasting material containing waste material and contaminants. The mobile apparatus has a low profile which facilitates the movement of the apparatus to job sites. At the job site the blasting material is collected by the mobile apparatus through a flexible hose connected to a chamber which is under sub atmospheric pressure. A vacuum generator that reduces the pressure in the chamber has sufficient power to allow vacuum collection of the blasting material through the flexible hose when material flow might otherwise clog the hose. The abrasive grit material is removed from the blasting material by a self-contained, multi-step separation process situated within the chamber. The mobile apparatus utilizes an initial physical separator, a rotary screen separator, a magnetic separator, and an air wash separation device that are interconnected by a rotary lift wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: PCT, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Drenter, Donald C. Allebach, Jr., Dieter A. Konitzer, Jr.