Patents by Inventor John D. Proctor

John D. Proctor 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: 8627878
    Abstract: A rotary air preheater 10 includes a housing 12 having a rotor 14. The rotor 14 has opposing ends 20,24 and is divided into sections by diaphragms 48. Sector plates 28 include one sector plate 28 in sealing relation with one of opposing ends 20,24 of the rotor 14. The air preheater 10 includes a flange 56 and a sensing device 49 coupled to at least one of the sector plates 28. The sensing device 49 provides non-contact sensing of a distance between the sector plate 28 and the flange 56. The sensing device 49 includes a conduit 54 that directs a jet of compressed air onto the flange 56, a first pressure sensor 60 and a second pressure sensor 70. The first pressure sensor 60 senses pressure inside the sensing device 49, and the second pressure sensor 70 senses pressure outside the sensing device 49. The distance between the sector plate and the flange is a pressure difference measured by the first and the second pressure sensors 60,70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: William C. Cox, Kevin J. O'Boyle, John D. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20110061831
    Abstract: A rotary air preheater 10 includes a housing 12 having a rotor 14. The rotor 14 has opposing ends 20,24 and is divided into sections by diaphragms 48. Sector plates 28 include one sector plate 28 in sealing relation with one of opposing ends 20,24 of the rotor 14. The air preheater 10 includes a flange 56 and a sensing device 49 coupled to at least one of the sector plates 28. The sensing device 49 provides non-contact sensing of a distance between the sector plate 28 and the flange 56. The sensing device 49 includes a conduit 54 that directs a jet of compressed air onto the flange 56, a first pressure sensor 60 and a second pressure sensor 70. The first pressure sensor 60 senses pressure inside the sensing device 49, and the second pressure sensor 70 senses pressure outside the sensing device 49. The distance between the sector plate and the flange is a pressure difference measured by the first and the second pressure sensors 60,70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: William C. Cox, Kevin J. O'Boyle, John D. Proctor
  • Patent number: 4694968
    Abstract: A safety type cap for medicinal or similar containers capable of effecting a tight seal upon the container mouth by means of a sealing flange extending laterally from an inner surface of the cap rim which is deflected upon contact with a corresponding flange on an area surrounding the mouth of the container. The cap is held in sealed relation relative to the container by engagement of a pair of arcuate projections which engage a sufficient degree of the container periphery so as to resist dislodgement made possible by flexing of the container without alignment of the cap relative to the container for normal usual disengagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Lermer Packaging Corp.
    Inventors: John D. Proctor, Edward J. Towns, Edward M. Brown