Patents by Inventor John C. Flaherty

John C. Flaherty 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: 6497401
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided for industrial process cooling as well as air conditioning systems. The cooling tower includes a base that has a bottom for supporting the base on a substrate and a plurality of support posts extending away from the bottom. The main body includes a top wall with at least one fan aperture and a plurality of side walls extending downwardly from the top wall. The side walls are dimensioned and configured to telescope onto upper ends of the support posts. Thus, areas beneath the main body and between the support posts define inlets for accommodating airflow generated by the cooling fan mounted in the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Delta Cooling Towers, Inc.
    Inventor: John C. Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20020024156
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided for industrial process cooling as well as air conditioning systems. The cooling tower includes a base that has a bottom for supporting the base on a substrate and a plurality of support posts extending away from the bottom. The main body includes a top wall with at least one fan aperture and a plurality of side walls extending downwardly from the top wall. The side walls are dimensioned and configured to telescope onto upper ends of the support posts. Thus, areas beneath the main body and between the support posts define inlets for accommodating airflow generated by the cooling fan mounted in the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventor: John C. Flaherty
  • Patent number: 6250610
    Abstract: A cooling tower is provided for industrial process cooling as well as air conditioning systems. The cooling tower includes a tower shell that is unitarily molded from a plastic material. The tower shell includes opposed parallel top and bottom walls, a bottom connecting wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall, a top connecting wall extending downwardly and outwardly from the top wall and a side wall extending between the connecting walls. Supports are unitarily molded and extend outwardly from the bottom connecting wall for supporting a tower shell and filler material disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Delta Cooling Towers, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Flaherty, Wayne Paterson, George Dilts